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10 sty 2023 · But where does the Magisterium get off interpreting Romans 5:12 as a reference to original sin? We can start by making a simple either-or statement: Paul has to be talking about either personal sin or original sin. (Personal sin means the sins we commit ourselves, whether they’re venial or mortal.)
It is true that, considered as “a moral deformity”, “a separation from God“, as “the death of the soul”, original sin is a real sin which deprives the soul of sanctifying grace.
The Scriptural grounds for the use of means remain: God commands the use of means; the means ordained by God are adapted to the end contemplated; ordinarily the end is not attained, except by the use of the appointed means; and God has promised to bless the use of those means.
25 lut 2022 · The Catholic vision of human nature allows us to examine faults and sins in a new light. Original sin distorts human nature and, without grace, provokes and sustains moral abnormalities. The gospel sheds light on the authentic meaning of human dignity and directs us back to God.
The first sin is described in Sacred Scripture in the context of the mystery of creation. In other words, the sin committed at the beginning of human history is presented against the background of creation, i.e., God's magnificent gift of existence.
In his General Audience on Wednesday 24 September 1986, the Holy Father spoke on what the Church teaches about original sin, especially in documents of Vatican II, especially the Constitution Gaudium et spes, but also the Post-Synodal Exhortation, Reconciliatio et paenitentia.
The Definition of Sin. 1849 Sin is an offense against reason, truth, and right conscience; it is failure in genuine love for God and neighbor caused by a perverse attachment to certain goods. It wounds the nature of man and injures human solidarity.
