Sin Etc Flashcards

1
Q

What is sin?

A

transgression of the divine law (Ambrose) OR any word, deed, desire contrary to God’s eternal law (Augustine)

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2
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How do we know eternal law?

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natural reason or additional revelation

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3
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Sin in general?

A

deflection of right reason or morally bad human act

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4
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What does sin require to be formal?

A

advertence of the intellect and consent of the will

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5
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Is every sin an offence against God?

A

yes

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6
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What is original sin?

A

privation of original justice inherited at birth

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What is personal sin?

A

offence against God committed by the deliberate will of the individual

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8
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What are divisions of Personal Sin?

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actual (transitory/omission) or habitual (permanent habit)

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9
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What are kinds of Actual Sin?

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commission, omission, thought, word, or deed, ignorance, weakness, malice, against Holy Ghost, capital sins, Formal, mortal

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10
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What are sins of comission?

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contrary to a negavitve precept e.g. theft (do something not supposed to do)

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What are sins of omission?

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transgressions of a positive precept e.g. missing Mass (neglect something you are to do)

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What are sins of thought, word, deed?

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either committed by mind alone, or by mouth or action

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13
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What sins of ignorance?

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proceed from lack of knowledge

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14
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What sins of weakness?

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result of passion which the acts less voluntary

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15
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What are sins of malice?

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proceed from an evil will (w/o ignorance or passion)

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16
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What are sins against the Holy Ghost?

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committed by the deliberate contempt of some grace withdrawing man from sin

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17
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What are the usual sins against the Holy Ghost?

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presumption, despair, resisting the known truth of Christianity, envy of the grace possessed by one’s neighbor, obstinancy, impenitence

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18
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What are sins crying to heaven for Vengenace?

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murder, sodomy, oppression of orphans and widows and defrauding workers of their just wage

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19
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Why are sins crying to heaven for Vengenace called so?

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grievous injury done to social order

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20
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What are the capital sins?

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pride, envy, covetousness, anger, lust, gluttony, sloth (PLACESG)

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21
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What is difference between vainglory and pride?

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vainglory is external manifestation of pride

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22
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What does STA say is the greatest sin?

A

covetousness

23
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Why are the capital sins called this?

A

roots from which other sins spring

24
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What is formal sin?

A

voluntary (imputable) and free transgression of the divine law

25
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What is material sin?

A

involuntary transgression of the divine law (vincible ignorance or violence which destroys voluntary consent)

26
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What are material sins against?

A

objective law and subjective conscience

27
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Something which lacks voluntariness, what type of sin?

A

material

28
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What is mortal sin?

A

destroys sanctifying grace and causes the death of the soul

29
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What is venial sin?

A

offence against God which merely lessens the fervour of charity

30
Q

What are carnal or spiritual sins?

A

gluttony, lust

31
Q

what are inordinate spiritual sins?

A

pride, vaingglory

32
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What are sins against God?

A

violate divine law (blasphemy, heresy)

33
Q

What are sins against neigbor?

A

suicide, drunkness, theft, calumny

34
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How are all sins bad?

A

because they are against God

35
Q

What are theological sins against?

A

neigbor,self, God

36
Q

How many ways of commiting sin of another (accessory)?

A

Nine

37
Q

What sins are foriveable?

A

ones which we will not allow God to forgive

38
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What is the nature of mortal sin?

A

aversion from God, adherence to creatures which is seriously inordinate, grave injury to the rational nature of man and the social order

39
Q

What are three conditions must be verified for mortal sin?

A

grave matter, full advertence, full consent

40
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How is grave matter determined?

A

object and circumstances of act

41
Q

What is full advertence?

A

attention

42
Q

If full advertence is defective?

A

then venial sin or no sin

43
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When is full consent presumed?

A

full advertence and no external violence: fear and passion, diminish but not destroy (unless no full advertence)

44
Q

When are advertence and consent imperfect?

A

drunkeness, half-asleep, half-drunk, surge of passion, phobia, mania

45
Q

What is the essence of venial sin?

A

certain disorder, not complete aversion to man’s last end

46
Q

What sins are “of their nature” venial?

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e.g. jocial lie

47
Q

why are sins of “of their nature” venial?

A

moral object implies a slight disorder

48
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How is a sin venial “because of parvity of matter”?

A

sins in themselves are grave but because of slight matter become slight disorder

49
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How are sins venial “through imperfection in the act?”

A

lack of full advertence or consent (semi-deliberate impure thoughts)

50
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How does venial sin become mortal?

A

erronius conscience, maliscious intent through accumulation of matter

51
Q

How do we distinguish mortal from venial?

A

HS, Church, Doctors (teachers)

52
Q

What are theological species?

A

mortal or venial

53
Q

What are distinguishing species of sins?

A

moral object, virtue, precept