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It is an offense against reason, truth, and right conscience.
It is a failure in genuine love for God and neighbor.
It wounds the nature of the human person and injures human solidarity.
1. DEFINITION of SIN (according to Catechism of the Catholic Church)
DEVIATION
Voluntary turning away or departure from the right order
CONTRADICTION
It is an internal conflict between the true nature of man as oriented to God and his earthly pre-occupations and tendencies.
OLD TESTAMENTSin is often looked upon as a transgression of God’s law and will.The sin of Adam and Eve is not only the “original” but also the typical infidelity of humankind.
2. CONCEPT OF SIN IN SACRED SCRIPTURES
OLD TESTAMENTSin is the rupture of the covenant bond, the violation of the spousal relationship.It is a negative response to God’s call.It leads to “death,” both spiritual and physical.
2. CONCEPT OF SIN IN SACRED SCRIPTURES
The OT presents three basic notions of sin (CFC #766):
1. Missing the mark
2. Depravity and perversity
3. Rebellion and transgression
NEW TESTAMENTSin is considered as ungrateful desertion of the Lord. (Lk. 15:11-32)The sinner lives in enmity against God; therefore, sinners are excluded from the Kingdom of God. (1 Cor. 6:9; Gal. 5:21)
2. CONCEPT OF SIN IN SACRED SCRIPTURES
NEW TESTAMENT
The “capital” sin is the refusal to recognize the power of God in Christ and to confess Him as the Messiah. (Jn. 8:24)
2. CONCEPT OF SIN IN SACRED SCRIPTURES
3. DIMENSIONS OF SIN
PERSONAL SOCIAL
Sin that destroys one’s inner wholeness
Sin that affects and causes harm to one’s neighbor
Sin that rejects and Ignores the structures established by God
RELIGIOUS DIMENSION
REJECTION OF GOD
A.MORTALDerived from the Latin “mors” meaning death
4. DEGREES OF SIN
A morally wrong decision which is so intensive that it gives a wrong
orientation to man’s life.
A sin which causes a total break in our relationship with God.
Three Conditions for Mortal Sin (CCC 1858-9)
1.There is full knowledge or full awareness of the wrong choice
2.Gravity or seriousness of the matter
3.There is full consent of the free will that presupposes the actual doing of the wrong option.
From the Latin “venia” meaning favor or pardon
A sin that causes a weakening or a strain in our relationship with God.
B. VENIAL4. DEGREES OF SIN
5. DIVISION OF SININTERNAL SINS
Internal sins occur in the mind. They are found in thought and desire.
Kinds of Internal Sins1) mental complacency in sinful
imaginations; 2) sinful joy in an evil deed; 3) evil desire; 4) Evil Desire 5) prejudice or bias
1) MENTAL COMPLACENCY IN SINFUL IMAGINATIONS
Takes pleasure in sinful thoughts or desires without the intention
of bringing these into act.
KINDS OF INTERNAL SINS
2) SINFUL JOY
Takes pleasure in an evil deed done to another.
KINDS OF INTERNAL SINS
3) SINFUL REGRET
Disappointment in not having performed an evil
deed.
KINDS OF INTERNAL SINS
4) EVIL DESIRE
The desire or resolution to perform a sinful action
KINDS OF INTERNAL SINS
-A preconceived judgment or opinion that causes injury
to another person’s rights.
5) PREJUDICE OR BIAS
KINDS OF INTERNAL SINS
6. SINS OF OMISSION AND COMMISSION
SIN OF OMISSION
The failure to perform an obligatory act.
SIN OF COMMISSION
The performance
of a forbidden act
They are called capital not because
they are always necessarily grave, but because they
easily become vices and sources of
many other sins.
7. CAPITAL SINS
Listed by Gregory the Great (604)
“A capital vice is that which has an
exceedingly desirable end so that in his
desire for it a man goes on to the commission
of many sins all of which are said to
originate in that vice as their chief source.”
St. Thomas Aquinas
PRIDE OR VAINGLORYinordinate desire of honor and distinction and independence.
it is opposed to the virtue of humility
The inordinate pursuit of material goods desiring what belongs to others, leading
to dishonesty, stealing, and injustice.
it is contrary to the virtues of liberality, equity and charity
AVARICE OR GREED
is discontent over the good of one’s neighbor, which is
considered detrimental to one’s own person.
it is opposed to brotherliness and magnanimity
ENVY
ANGER
the intemperate outburst of dislike with the inordinate desire
for another’s punishment
Opposed to patience and meekness
Laziness in wider sense
In a narrow sense, it means religious spiritual sloth, a turning away
from spiritual things because of the effort which they require
Opposed to piety and love of God
SLOTH
NEW CAPITAL SINS (VATICAN II) seven NEW capital sins. 1. Polluting
2. Genetic engineering
3. Obscene riches
4. Taking drugs
5. Abortion
6. Pedophilia
7. Causing social injustice
8. SOURCES OF SIN
1. TEMPTATION
The incitement acting upon a person to do evil.
It is the attraction by a good which in the larger context constitutes evil.
2. SEDUCTIONThe deliberate effort to lead others
to sin. Presupposes that the seduced
person is led to an action which stands in contradiction
to his her original personal intention in mind.
9. IMPACT OF A SINFULLY DISTORTED WORLD
Man is often turned away from doing good
and urged to evil by the social
environment in which he lives
and in which he is immersed since the
day of his birth
Certain Trends That Contribute to the
Decline of this Basic Sense of Decline of this Basic Sense of Sin Sin (CFC 765)
- from seeing sin everywhere to not recognizing it anywhere
- from stressing the fear of hell to preaching a love of God that excludes any punishment due to sin
Cooperation - Responsibility for the Sins Committed by
Others (CCC1868)
- by participating directly and voluntarily in them;
- by ordering, advising, praising, or approving them;
- by not disclosing or not hindering them when we have an obligation to do so;
- by protecting evil-doers
10. EFFECTS OF SIN
IT INJURES HUMAN
SOLIDARITY
IT WOUNDS THE NATURE
OF MAN
MAN IS DEPRIVED
OF THE GLORY OF IMAGE OF
GOD
SIN IN THE CONTEXT OF THE FILIPINO CULTURE
• “PAGKAKAMALI”• A wrongdoing
• “PAGKUKULANG”• Failure or deficiency
• “PAGKASIRA”• Damage