

The Church also tells us that the sins of anger, blasphemy, envy, hatred, malice, murder, neglect of Sunday obligation, sins against faith (incredulity against God or heresy), sins against hope (obstinate despair in the hope for salvation and/or presumption that oneself can live without God or be saved by one’s own power) and sins against love (indifference towards charity, ingratitude, and/or hatred of God) also constitute grave matter.
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These sins constitute grave matter, and if they are committed willingly and with full consent, constitute mortal sin. Paul also tells the Corinthians, “know you no that the unjust shall not possess the kingdom of God? Do not err: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor the effeminate, nor liers with mankind, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards nor railers, nor extortioners shall possess the kingdom of God” (1 Corinthians 6:9-10).

“Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God” (Galatians 5:19-20). He states that anyone who commits these sins shall not enter the kingdom of God. What kinds of offenses against God constitute “grave matter”? Jesus also warns us that “Anyone who does not remain in me will be thrown out like a branch and wither people will gather them and throw them into a fire and they will be burned” (John 15:6). John distinguishes between mortal and venial sin. All wrongdoing is sin, but there is sin that is not deadly.” (1 John 5:16-17).

There is such a thing as deadly sin, about which I do not say that you should pray. This is only for those whose sin is not deadly. John tells us, “If anyone sees his brother sinning, if the sin is not deadly, he should pray to God and he will give him life. it is a graver sin to murder someone than to lie to someone). We know that some sins are graver than others (e.g. The first condition, that a mortal sin is of grave matter, means that certain premeditated offenses against God are more severe than others. This means that mortal sins are “premeditated” by the sinner and thus are truly a rejection of God’s law and love. This means that mortal sins cannot be done “accidentally.” A person who commits a mortal sin is one who knows that their sin is wrong, but still deliberately commits the sin anyway. Mortal sin is committed with deliberate consent of the sinner Mortal sin is committed with full knowledge of the sinner In order for a sin to be mortal, it must meet three conditions: A person who frequently indulges in venial sin is very likely to collapse into mortal sin if they persist in their evil ways. However, venial sin does weaken grace in the soul and damages our relationship with God. The second type of sin, venial sin, that of less grave matter, does not cut us off from Christ.

Paul’s letter to the Hebrews tell us that “if we sin willfully after having the knowledge of the truth, there is now left no sacrifice for sins” (Hebrews 10:26). By their very grave nature, a mortal sin cuts our relationship off from God and turns man away from his creator. Mortal sins destroy the grace of God in the heart of the sinner. We call the most serious and grave sins, mortal sins. Yet, Jesus makes a distinction between two types of sins. “Amen, amen, I say to you: If any man keep my word, he shall not see death forever.”Īll sin is an offense against God and a rejection of his perfect love and justice. List of Mortal Sins Every Catholic Should Know
