Sin Etc Flashcards
What is sin?
transgression of the divine law (Ambrose) OR any word, deed, desire contrary to God’s eternal law (Augustine)
How do we know eternal law?
natural reason or additional revelation
Sin in general?
deflection of right reason or morally bad human act
What does sin require to be formal?
advertence of the intellect and consent of the will
Is every sin an offence against God?
yes
What is original sin?
privation of original justice inherited at birth
What is personal sin?
offence against God committed by the deliberate will of the individual
What are divisions of Personal Sin?
actual (transitory/omission) or habitual (permanent habit)
What are kinds of Actual Sin?
commission, omission, thought, word, or deed, ignorance, weakness, malice, against Holy Ghost, capital sins, Formal, mortal
What are sins of comission?
contrary to a negavitve precept e.g. theft (do something not supposed to do)
What are sins of omission?
transgressions of a positive precept e.g. missing Mass (neglect something you are to do)
What are sins of thought, word, deed?
either committed by mind alone, or by mouth or action
What sins of ignorance?
proceed from lack of knowledge
What sins of weakness?
result of passion which the acts less voluntary
What are sins of malice?
proceed from an evil will (w/o ignorance or passion)
What are sins against the Holy Ghost?
committed by the deliberate contempt of some grace withdrawing man from sin
What are the usual sins against the Holy Ghost?
presumption, despair, resisting the known truth of Christianity, envy of the grace possessed by one’s neighbor, obstinancy, impenitence
What are sins crying to heaven for Vengenace?
murder, sodomy, oppression of orphans and widows and defrauding workers of their just wage
Why are sins crying to heaven for Vengenace called so?
grievous injury done to social order
What are the capital sins?
pride, envy, covetousness, anger, lust, gluttony, sloth (PLACESG)
What is difference between vainglory and pride?
vainglory is external manifestation of pride