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What's A Grave Sin?


Paladin D

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Mortal = grave.  ;)

oops. Not really, Jake.

CATECHISM:

1854: Sins are rightly evaluated according to their gravity. The distinction between mortal and venial sin, already evident in Scripture, became part of the tradition of the Church. It is corroborated by human experience.

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.

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."

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BlueRose, you are right.

But the question was, what is the difference between a grave sin and a mortal sin. In that instance (in describign a sin), grave would mean the same thing as mortal.

I think...

Well, for simplicity sake. Of course - just go with the Catechism, you can't go wrong there. :D

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