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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.
9 paź 2024 · Acc. to Catholic teaching such sin consists in a deliberate act of turning away from God as man's last end by seeking satisfaction in a creature. This frustration of God's purpose is held to involve the loss of sanctifying grace and eternal damnation, unless it is followed by adequate repentance.
1855 Mortal sin destroys charity in the heart of man by a grave violation of God's law; it turns man away from God, who is his ultimate end and his beatitude, by preferring an inferior good to him. Venial sin allows charity to subsist, even though it offends and wounds it.
Potentially Grave/Mortal/Capital/Deadly Sins from the Catechism of the Catholic Church. Paragraph 1857: For a sin to be mortal, three conditions must together be met: “Mortal sin is sin whose object is grave matter and which is also committed with full knowledge and deliberate consent.”. Paragraph 1858: Grave matter is specified by the Ten ...
Catholicism. In Catholic moral theology, a mortal sin, as distinct from a venial sin, must meet all of the following conditions: its subject must be a grave (or serious) matter; .
The Catechism of the Catholic Church on Mortal Sin - Free download as Word Doc (.doc), PDF File (.pdf), Text File (.txt) or read online for free. Mortal sin is a grave violation of God's law that destroys charity in the heart and turns one away from God.
10 lip 2024 · A mortal sin is one that “destroys in us the charity without which eternal beatitude is impossible. Unrepented, it brings eternal death,” as the Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC) puts it (1874).
