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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 as separation from God ==
== "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