[metmom]

How then do you dismiss the sins against hope, those of despair and of presumption?

Where do you get the idea that those are sins? Got a chapter and verse for them?

Or is it more tradition to make up as sins things God never called sin?

[Natural Law]

"Where do you get the idea that those are sins?"

Not everything comes down to what is specifically allowed or prohibited by Scripture. That is the way of the Old Testament. The Revealed Word of God establishes the context for how we live our lives.

There are three elements associated with Hope. Hope desires final union with God, sees it as difficult, yet sees union as attainable. The nature of Hope is revealed in the two ways of sinning against it, by presumption and by despair. Despair denies the attainability, the sinner seeing himself beyond the reach of God's power to save. Presumption ignores the difficulty, either by by assuming that no effort on our part is necessary since God will save us regardless of our sins or by assuming that Grace from God is necessary since our own efforts can save us.

Peace be with you

[Syncro]

Interesting questions, glad to see them asked!

I’m sure you will get a detailed and complex answer with a lot of scholarly fillers.