Sunday, December 23, 2012
393. Is there a variety of sins?
(Comp 393) There are a great many kinds of sins. They can be distinguished
according to their object or according to the virtues or commandments which
they violate. They can directly concern God, neighbor, or ourselves. They can
also be divided into sins of thought, of word, of deed, or of omission.
“In brief”
(CCC 1873) The root of all sins lies in man's heart. The
kinds and the gravity of sins are determined principally by their objects.
To deepen and
explain
(CCC 1852) There are a great many kinds of sins. Scripture
provides several lists of them. The Letter
to the Galatians contrasts the works of the flesh with the fruit of the
Spirit: "Now the works of the flesh are plain: fornication, impurity,
licentiousness, idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, anger,
selfishness, dissension, factions, envy, drunkenness, carousing, and the like.
I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things shall not
inherit the Kingdom of God" (Gal 5:19-21; cf. Rom 1:28-32; 1 Cor 9-10; Eph
5:3-5; Col 3:5-8; 1 Tim 9-10; 2 Tim 2-5).
Reflection
(CCC 1853) Sins can be distinguished according to their
objects, as can every human act; or according to the virtues they oppose, by
excess or defect; or according to the commandments they violate. They can also
be classed according to whether they concern God, neighbor, or oneself; they
can be divided into spiritual and carnal sins, or again as sins in thought,
word, deed, or omission. The root of sin is in the heart of man, in his free
will, according to the teaching of the Lord: "For out of the heart come
evil thoughts, murder, adultery, fornication, theft, false witness, slander.
These are what defile a man" (Mt 15:19-20). But in the heart also resides
charity, the source of the good and pure works, which sin wounds.
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