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=== Sin is separation from God === | === 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> | |||
* "scatter" means separated from God | |||
** the word "devil" comes from , which means "to cast away, scatter" (see [[Glossary of terms for catechism of the Catholic faith|Glossary]]) | |||
* therefore sin is separation from God | |||
* and eternal separation from God is hell. | |||
The opposite of separation is togetherness, or "with 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, | * 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, | ||
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* "The Lord is with you" means that Mary is no separated from God; | * "The Lord is with you" means that Mary is no separated from God; | ||
* thereby she has no sin. | * thereby she has no sin. | ||
=== Scattering v. Gathering === | |||
Since the Fall of Man from Eden, across [[Salvation History]], man has committed sins against God, even in violation of the Covenants that God, from his love, granted him via Abraham, Moses, and David. We can look upon this history as one of | |||
See [[Salvation History]] | |||
=== Sin is knowing it is wrong and doing it anyway === | === Sin is knowing it is wrong and doing it anyway === | ||
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These are called the "constitutive elements" of a moral or immoral act. When the act is immoral, it is sinful. | These are called the "constitutive elements" of a moral or immoral act. When the act is immoral, it is sinful. | ||
== Sins that cry to Heaven for vengeance == | == Sins that cry to Heaven for vengeance == | ||