To: Froufrou
If you commit a mortal sin before the pope said it was one, it is still a mortal sin?
34 posted on
03/10/2008 10:37:55 AM PDT by
Always Right
(Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?)
To: Always Right
http://www.vatican.va/archive/catechism/p3s1c1a8.htm
II. THE DEFINITION OF SIN
III. THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF SINS
IV. THE GRAVITY OF SIN: MORTAL AND VENIAL SIN
1857 For a sin to be mortal, three conditions must together be met: “Mortal sin is sin whose object is grave matter and which is also committed with full knowledge and deliberate consent.”
194 posted on
03/10/2008 12:37:38 PM PDT by
SaltyJoe
(Lenin legalized abortion. Afterward, every life was fair game for Death.)
To: Always Right
"If you commit a mortal sin before the pope said it was one, it is still a mortal sin?"
It depends. Did he say it in the woods with nobody around? Were there bears involved? Trees falling?
I'm lapsed Catholic, so I'm allowed to smirk at this...!...magritte
283 posted on
03/11/2008 8:05:56 AM PDT by
magritte
(If a problem comes along, you must whip it.)
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