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10 lip 2024 · Just as there are three ingredients in evaluating a moral action (the object, intention, and circumstances), so there are three ingredients in a mortal sin: (1) “grave matter,” (2) “full knowledge,” and (3) “deliberate consent.” And the Catechism is clear that all “three conditions must together be met” (1857).
A mortal sin (Latin: peccātum mortāle), in Christian theology, is a gravely sinful act which can lead to damnation if a person does not repent of the sin before death. It is alternatively called deadly, grave, and serious; the concept of mortal sin is found in both Catholicism and Lutheranism.
Mortal sin, in Roman Catholic theology, the most serious of sins, representing a deliberate turning away from God. A mortal sin is defined as a grave action that is committed in full knowledge of its gravity and with the full consent of the sinner’s will.
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18 kwi 2024 · Photo by Shalone Cason on Unsplash. Catholics know that in order for a sin to be mortal, to kill the divine life of grace in one’s soul, three conditions need to be met. It must be grave matter, done “with full knowledge and deliberate consent” (CCC 1857).
15 paź 2024 · 1. Serious or grave matter. This often means that the action is clearly evil or severely disordered. This would include many common activities: looking at evil images, contraception, intentionally missing Mass, recreational drug use, etc. 2. Sufficient knowledge or reflection.
2 dni temu · 1 John 5:17 (RSV) explicitly differentiates a mortal sin from a less serious one: “All wrongdoing is sin, but there is sin which is not mortal” (KJV: “not unto death”). Denying this would be tantamount to saying that a white lie or a momentary pang of jealousy or lust is the moral equivalent in God’s eyes of a torture, rape and murder.
