Abstract
Abstract It seems that vainglory is not, for the following reasons: Vainglory consists of persons wishing their good deeds to be apparent to others. But this is praiseworthy rather than a sin. For Mt. 5:16 says: “Let your light shine before human beings, so that they see your good works.” Therefore, vainglory is not a sin. The desire for vainglory consists of persons seeking that human beings praise their good deeds. But the Apostle in Rom. 12:17 commands this of us: “Provide good deeds both in the sight of God and in the sight of all human beings.” Therefore, vainglory is not a sin. Every sin consists of the disorder of a natural appetite. But vainglory does not seek anything that is not naturally desirable, since it is by nature desirable that human beings know truth, and that they themselves be known. Therefore, vainglory is not a sin.
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