Inda jerin ya fito

Littafi Mai Tsarki ba shi da jerin zunubai bakwai masu kisa. Yana da waɗansu jeri: Karin Magana ya ambaci “abubuwa shida da Ubangiji ya ƙi, abubuwa bakwai da suke abin ƙyama gare shi” (Karin Magana 6:16), daga duban reni zuwa mai ta da faɗa a cikin ’yan’uwa; Bulus ya lissafa “ayyukan mutuntaka” (Galatiyawa 5:19–21); Yesu ya ambaci abin da yake fitowa “daga zuciyar mutane” (Markus 7:21–22). Jerin bakwai ɗin ya tsiro daga abin da sufayen Kirista suka sha. A hamadar Masar a ƙarshen shekarun 300, Evagrius Ponticus ya kwatanta mugayen tunani takwas (logismoi): haɗama, fasikanci, son kuɗi, baƙin ciki, fushi, acedia, alfahari na banza da girman kai. John Cassian ya kawo su Yamma da harshen Latin kimanin 420.

Kimanin 590 Fafaroma Gregory Mai Girma ya ware girman kai a matsayin tushen dukan munanan halaye, ya kuma ƙirga bakwai a ƙarƙashinsa, ya ƙara da kishi; daga baya marubutan Yamma suka mayar da acedia, wato ƙyuya, a madadin baƙin ciki, girman kai kuma a madadin alfahari na banza. Koyarwar Katolika tana kiran bakwai ɗin “manyan zunubai”, kawunan da sauran zunubai suke fitowa daga gare su. Al’adar Orthodox tana riƙe da mugayen sha’awoyi takwas ɗin kamar yadda Cassian ya tsara su, littafin Tsani na John Climacus (ƙarni na 7) kuma yana kwatanta su mataki-mataki. Ikilisiyoyin Furotesta ba su da koyarwa game da irin wannan jeri, ko da yake yana nan da rai a cikin littattafansu.