SIN AND VIRTUE

Definitions

• Sin– The choice to not love God

• Conversion– Turning away from sin and toward God

• Contrition– The sorrow we feel when we sin

• Penance– The punishment we do when we sin

• Culpability– Our guilt caused by sin

• Reconciliation– Rebuilding our relationship with God

• Virtue– Gifts God has given to us to help us avoid sin

SIN

• 2 types– Mortal

• Sins that destroy our relationship with God• Must be concerning grievous matter• Full knowledge of the sinful nature of the act• Full consent of the will• Intend the act

– Venial• Sins that damage but do not destroy our

relationship with God

SEVEN CAPITAL SINS

• Also known as the Deadly sins

• Not always mortal

• The foundation of all sins

PRIDE

• Placing your needs or yourself as more important than God or others

• The first sin committed by man

• All sin is a sin of pride

GREED

• Wanting more and more stuff

• Never being satisfied with what you have

• Your desire to get what you want is most important

GLUTTONY

• Wanting more and more food and drink

• Greedy for food and drink

• Not what you need, but excess

• Your desire to get more food is more important than rules

ENVY

• Resenting another person because they have what you want

• Jealousy

• Covetousness

• Not just wanting something else

LUST

• Using another person for the benefit they can give you

• Is more than just in a sexual way

SLOTH

• Not fulfilling your responsibilities

• Laziness

ANGER

• Wanting to harm another for what you believe they have done to you

• Revenge

VIRTUE

• Theological– Help us improve our relationship with God– Faith, hope, love

• Cardinal– Help us improve our relationships with others– Comes from word for “hinge”– Justice, temperance, prudence, courage

FAITH

• The ability to believe in God

• We cannot believe in God unless he first allows us to believe in him

HOPE

• Trust in God that he will fulfill his promises to us

LOVE

• Love God with everything we are • Love one another as God has loved us• Often translated as “charity”

– Caritas is the love we have for others that compels us to help them

– Love is also AGAPE

Unconditional Love

JUSTICE

• Giving to someone what they properly deserve

• If you are not the competent authority, you cannot punish

• All people deserve enough food and drink

TEMPERANCE

• The ability to enjoy good things in life without being obsessed with them

PRUDENCE

• The ability to choose right from wrong

• The correct use of your conscience– The gift from God to help us know good from

evil and to choose the good

COURAGE

• Also known as fortitude

• The strength to do what is right despite obstacle