Friday, July 14, 2017
Youcat commented through CCC – Question n. 316 - Part I.
(Youcat answer) Serious sin destroys
the divine power of love in a person’s heart, without which there can be no
eternal beatitude. Hence it is also called mortal sin. Serious sin breaks with
God, whereas venial sin only strains the relationship with him.
A
deepening through CCC
(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).
Reflecting
and meditating
(Youcat comment) A serious sin
cuts a person off from God. One requirement for such a sin is that it be
opposed to an important value, for instance, directed against life or God (for
example, murder, blasphemy, adultery, and so on) and that it be committed with
full knowledge and full consent. Venial sins are opposed to secondary values
(honor, truth, property, and so on) or are committed without full knowledge of
their seriousness or without full consent of the will. Such sins disrupt the
relationship with God but do not sever it.
(CCC
Comment)
(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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