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Ethics - Unit 10
Sin and Forgiveness
Term | Definition |
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capital sins | Moral vices that give rise to many other failures to love (i.e. pride, avarice, lust, wrath, gluttony, envy, and sloth) |
concupiscence | An inclination toward evil caused by Original Sin; the rebellion of the flesh against the spirit |
personal sin | A failure to love God above everything and our neighbor as ourselves |
venial sin | Personal sin that weakens but does not kill our relationship with God |
mortal sin | Personal sin that involves a serious matter, sufficient reflection, and full consent of the will and results in total rejection of God and alienation from him |
Reconciliation | A sacrament of healing through which Christ extends his forgiveness to sinners |
social sin | A cycle of sin, violence, and injustice caused by individual sins |
repentance | Turning away from our sins and embracing the way of the cross; a key aspect of following Jesus |
contrition | Heartfelt sorrow and aversion for sins committed along with the intention to sin no more |
absolution | The statement by which a priest, speaking as the official minister of Christ's Church, declares forgiveness of sins to a repentant sinner in the Sacrament of Reconciliation |