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== Definition of sin == | == Definition of sin == | ||
*from Catechism [https://www.usccb.org/sites/default/files/flipbooks/catechism/460/ CCC 1871]: | |||
<blockquote>Sin is an utterance, a deed, or a desire contrary to the eternal law (St. Augustine, Faust 22: PL 42, 418). </blockquote> | |||
=== Sin is an offense against God === | |||
* from Catechism [https://www.usccb.org/sites/default/files/flipbooks/catechism/460/ CCC 1871]: | |||
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* | <blockquote>It is an offense against God. </blockquote> | ||
=== Sin is disobedience to God === | |||
* from Catechism [https://www.usccb.org/sites/default/files/flipbooks/catechism/460/ CCC 1871]:<blockquote>It rises up against God in a disobedience contrary to the obedience of Christ.</blockquote> | |||
=== Sin is separation from God === | |||
* when in [https://bible.usccb.org/bible/luke/1:28 Lk 1:28], the Archangel Gabriel spoke to Mary at the Annunciation, he told her, | |||
<blockquote>And coming to her, he said, “Hail, favored one! The Lord is with you.”</blockquote> | |||
* "The Lord is with you" means that Mary is no separated from God; | |||
* thereby she has no sin. | |||
=== Sin is knowing it is wrong and doing it anyway === | |||
* from [https://bible.usccb.org/bible/james/4?17 Jas 4:17] | |||
<blockquote>"So for one who knows the right thing to do and does not do it, it is a sin."</blockquote> | <blockquote>"So for one who knows the right thing to do and does not do it, it is a sin."</blockquote> | ||
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See [[Salvation History]] | See [[Salvation History]] | ||
== Sins that cry to Heaven for vengeance == | |||
''peccata clamantia, = "''screaming sins" | |||
# '''Murder''' | |||
#* The "blood of Abel": homicide, infanticide, fratricide, patricide, and matricide | |||
# '''Sodomy''' | |||
#* The "sin of the Sodomites": non-procreative sexual acts (sodomy). (''cf''. Jude 1:7). | |||
# '''Oppression of the poor''' | |||
#* The "cry of the people oppressed in Egypt, the cry of the foreigner, the widow, and the orphan": oppression of the poor. | |||
# '''Injustice to workers''' | |||
#* The "injustice to the wage earner": taking advantage of and defrauding workers (''cf''. James 5:4). | |||
== Slavery to sin == | == Slavery to sin == | ||