CHAPTER SIX

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CHAPTER SIX

• Sin and Forgiveness

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We Are Sinners
Capital sins
Moral vices that give rise to many other failures
to love.
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We Are Sinners
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The Reality of Sin

• Sin is
• An offense against reason, truth, and right
  conscience
• A failure in genuine love for God and neighbor
  caused by a perverse attachment to certain goods
• An utterance, deed, or a desire contrary to the
  eternal law

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The Reality of Sin

• There is much evidence of the existence of sin in
  the world today.
• Jesus Christ came to save us from our sins.

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The Bible on Sin

• Old Testament Images of Sin
• hattah missing the mark
• pesha rebellion
• awon guilt or iniquity

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The Bible on Sin

• Consequences of sin
• alienates us from God
• alienates us from ourselves
• alienates us from others

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The Bible on Sin

• The New Testament on Sin, Jesus, and Forgiveness
• New Testament descriptions of sin
• missing the mark
• lawlessness
• injustice
• falsehood
• darkness

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The Bible on Sin
The New Testament on Sin, Jesus, and
Forgiveness The most profound explanation of sin
as found in the New Testament is a refusal to
love, to accept Gods offer of friendship and
grace in our Lord Jesus Christ.
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Different Kinds of Sin
Original sin
All humans are born into the disharmonious
situation of our world to which we are all
subject.
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Different Kinds of Sin
Original Sin Versus Personal Sin
An inclination
toward evil caused by original
sin. The
rebellion of the flesh
against the spirit (CCC
2515).
concupiscence
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Different Kinds of Sin
Original Sin Versus Personal Sin
venial sin
mortal sin
personal sin
A failure to love God above everything and our
neighbors as ourselves
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Different Kinds of Sin
Original Sin Versus Personal Sin
Total rejection of God and alienation from him
mortal sin

• Three conditions must be present
• Grave matter
• Full knowledge
• Complete consent

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Different Kinds of Sin
Original Sin Versus Personal Sin
Reconciliation
A sacrament of healing, also known as Penance or
Confession, through which Christ extends his
forgiveness to sinners
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Different Kinds of Sin
Original Sin Versus Personal Sin
Venial sin
Personal sin that weakens but does not kill our
relationship with God.
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Different Kinds of Sin
Original Sin Versus Personal Sin

• Examples
• greed
• selfish actions
• pride and prejudice
• envy
• lust
• avarice

Social Sin
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Conversion and the Sacrament of Reconciliation
repentance
contrition
Change of mind or change of heart
Heartfelt sorrow and aversion for sins committed
along with the intention to sin no more
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Conversion and the Sacrament of Reconciliation
The statement by which a priest, speaking as the
official minister of Christs Church, declares
forgiveness of sins to a repentant sinner in the
Sacrament of Reconciliation.
absolution
The formula of absolution reads I absolve you
from your sins in the name of the Father, and of
the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
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Elements of the Sacrament

• Five Steps of the Sacrament of Reconciliation
• Examine your conscience.
• Have contrition for your sins.
• Confess your sins.
• Absolution.
• Do the penance assigned.

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Vocabulary

• Capital sins
• Original sin
• Concupiscence
• Personal sin
• Mortal sin
• Venial sin
• Social sin
• Reconciliation
• Repentance
• Contrition
• Absolution