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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.

SIN IS FAILURE TO LOVE

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

The inordinate craving for sexual gratification

Opposed to the virtue of chastity

LUST

excessive enjoyment of food and drink

opposed to temperance and sobriety

GLUTTONY

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

SEVEN CAPITAL SINS

P RIDE

ENVY

G LUTTONY

S LOTH

LUST

A VARICE/GREED

W RATH/ANGER

PEGSLAW

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

“The sin of the century is the loss of the sense

of sin”

(Pius XII)

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

THE GOOD NEWS

“Just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be made righteous.

God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” Rom 5: 19, 8