Salvation is open to anyone who puts his/her trust in Jesus to deliver it. The only unforgivable sin is to never do that.
The 7 Capital Sins and their Contrary Virtues
Capital Sin
Definition
Contrary Virtue
Pride Unrestrained appreciation of our own worth
Humility
Greed Immoderate desire for earthly goods
Liberality
Lust Hankering for impure pleasures
Chastity
Anger Inordinate desire for revenge
Meekness
Gluttony Unrestrained use of food and drink
Temperance
Envy Sorrow over another’s good fortune
Brotherly Love
Sloth Laxity in keeping the Faith and the practice of virtue
Diligence
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The 7 Capital Sins, also known as “The 7 Deadly Sins,” are those sins that give rise to other sins. They were first enumerated by Pope St. Gregory the Great in “Moralia in Job.”
Note:
Genesis 4, Genesis 18, Exodus 2, James 5, respectively. Elaboration on “the sin of Sodom,” from the Douay Catholic Catechism of 1649, Chapter XX: “The sin of Sodom, or carnal sin against nature, which is a voluntary shedding of the seed of nature, out of the due use of marriage, or lust with a different sex.” In other words, do not think that this particular sin is just about acting on homosexual impulses; it isn’t.
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From the Catechism of St. Pius X, “The Main Kinds of Sin,” Question 9-10:
Q: What injury does mortal sin do the soul?
A: (1) Mortal sin deprives the soul of grace and of the friendship of God; (2) It makes it lose Heaven; (3) It deprives it of merits already acquired, and renders it incapable of acquiring new merits; (4) It makes it the slave of the devil; (5) It makes it deserve hell as well as the chastisements of this life.
Q: Besides grave matter, what is required to constitute a mortal sin?
A: To constitute a mortal sin, besides grave matter there is also required full consciousness of the gravity of the matter, along with the deliberate will to commit the sin.