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** in Germanic language groups, took on meaning of "it is true". as in "the sin is real" | ** in Germanic language groups, took on meaning of "it is true". as in "the sin is real" | ||
== Sin | == "The Morality of Human Acts" == | ||
The Catechism ([https://www.usccb.org/sites/default/files/flipbooks/catechism/434/ CCC 1749]) helps us to distinguish between moral and immoral, good and bad, sinful and not sinful. | |||
A moral act depends upon | |||
# '''The object chosen''' | |||
## ''what is the act?'' | |||
## reason can distinguish between a good or bad act | |||
# '''The purpose or goal of the act ("the intention")''' | |||
## ''what is the purpose of the act?'' | |||
## the intention moves the act towards its goal | |||
## note: the end does not justify the means, however an immoral or bad intention can lead to a good end (see [https://www.usccb.org/sites/default/files/flipbooks/catechism/436/ CCC 1753]) | |||
# '''The circumstances of the act''' | |||
## ''what necessitated the act?'' | |||
## sin requires free will | |||
## thus a moral act is one with "will" | |||
These are called the "constitutive elements" of a moral or immoral act. When the act is immoral, it is sinful. | |||
== Sin is separation from God == | |||
Jesus teaches ([https://bible.usccb.org/bible/matthew/12?30 Mt. 12:30]):<blockquote>Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters.</blockquote> | Jesus teaches ([https://bible.usccb.org/bible/matthew/12?30 Mt. 12:30]):<blockquote>Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters.</blockquote> | ||
* "scatter" means separated from God | * "scatter" means separated from God | ||