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To: Salvation
Aren’t you forgetting the Sin against the Holy Spirit? That is the one and only unforgiveable sin.

Out of curiosity, how exactly does one sin against the Holy Spirit? I've heard of the concept, but always in a context that assumed the listener knew what such a sin entailed.

16 posted on 11/28/2013 6:58:08 AM PST by Kip Russell (Be wary of strong drink. It can make you shoot at tax collectors -- and miss. ---Robert A. Heinlein)
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To: Kip Russell

By denying the Holy Spirit. By denying Christ. By denying the holiness of Mary, the Mother of God. By denying the holiness of the saints. . By deny the Catholic Church. By denying the Apostles and St. Peter as the first Bishops and the first Pope.

And many other things

By denying Christ and EVERYTHING connected with him.


20 posted on 11/28/2013 7:13:52 AM PST by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: Kip Russell

http://ccc.scborromeo.org.master.com/texis/master/search/?sufs=0&q=sins+against+the+Holy+Spirit&xsubmit=Search&s=SS


21 posted on 11/28/2013 7:16:31 AM PST by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: Kip Russell; Salvation
Out of curiosity, how exactly does one sin against the Holy Spirit?

Most theologians agree that final impenitence is the real "blasphemy against the Holy Spirit".

In context, Jesus was talking to the Pharisees, who were attributing his preaching and miracles to demons. He's saying, in effect, "If you're this hardened in evil -- that you attribute my miracles to demon -- then you are so hardened in evil that you will not accept the grace of final repentance at your death, and are certain to go to hell".

82 posted on 11/29/2013 7:54:51 AM PST by Campion ("Social justice" begins in the womb)
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