Thaddeus sivana told that shazam should give him his power, or the sins will eat their family. Black adam released the 7 deadly sins, then the wizard and his 6 friends locked them and presumably black adam up, with the 6 friends dying as casualties. I read this now as the wizard (shazam) was so desperate at this point for a champion he lied to billy with a fabricated story (albeit loosely based on real events) as a way to prevent him from.
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Thousands of years later, shazam continued his search for a champion, meeting thaddeus sivana, but upon seeing that he was tempted by the seven deadly sins, the wizard declared. He thus began looking for a replacement, a champion imbued with his magic to keep the sins contained. I open my heart to you, billy batson.
A continuity error would be black adam saying i didn't release the seven deadly sins
Real sweet of you, mister, but i. Can't tell if you're trolling or not. You seriously need to learn what a continuity error is. Instead of using the seven deadly sins to unleash his wrath upon kahndaq, black adam indicates that he uses his powers alone to exact revenge.
* [the wizard strikes the ground again] * billy batson: In one story king kull releases them, planning to make sin bombs and destroy the world along with turning billy batson to stone, but he is defeated and the sins again imprisoned. In modern times, the wizard shazam grew old and feeble; Shazam unleashed his powers to the family, and thaddeus told that the six should attack.