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The Catholic Catechism states that "...there are no limits to the mercy of God.", so all sin is able to be forgiven. For Christians, the essence of God is love, from which forgiveness naturally flows. The New Testament refers to the sin against the Holy Spirit which cannot be forgiven. Catholicism understands this as being the refusal to accept God's love and forgiveness. Some Protestants would hold that the sin against the Holy Spirit is blasphemy and that a person must be sorry before being forgiven by God. Catholicism and Orthodoxy believe that God's forgiveness does not depend on anything we do (even repentance), but comes from the very essence of who God is. God forgives in the very midst of our sin; we are called to accept that we have sinned, confess and seek reconcilation. In short, for Catholicism and Orthodoxy all sin is forgivable; not so for fundamentalist Protestants.
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∙ 13y agoOf course! Jesus loves and cares for us all. All you have to do is ask him in your prayers if he can forgive your sins and make you clean again. After all, he DID die on the cross so we can do that.
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How were you forgiven from sin in the Old Testament?
Prayer and repentance, sometimes accompanied by fasting. Bringing offerings was part of the picture but would not be acceptable to God without repentance.
What are the three levels of sin?
Only One SIN - Blasphemy, Is unforgiven. But as for as all other sin is concerned One sin is no greater or less than any another The price we pay for all sin is the same..... DEATH God loved us so much he gave his son to die for our sins so we don't have to and if we believe this we will have eternal life.
What is the Catholic's view of the requirements to get out of purgatory?
Purgatory is not so much a place as a state. Purgatory is the state of being purified to enter heaven. Nothing imperfect can enter heaven, so everyone who is saved and going to heaven must be perfect. Very few people die in a state of perfection, most of us will die with venial sin and the effects of forgiven mortal sin still on our soul. If you die in a state of mortal sin, then your only destination is Hades . If you die in a state of grace, then your destination is heaven, but God provides the state of purgatory, where one is "purged" of the effects of sin so that one becomes perfect and can enter the presence of God without being annihilated. As soon as all the effects and detritus of sin is gone and you are perfect, you leave purgatory and enter heaven.
Why is Reconciliation important?
Reconciliation is very important because through the sacrament of reconciliation you are sure that your sins are forgiven. Unlike Christians who pray silently and are not sure if their sins are forgiven, we can be sure. We confess with the priest and say our penance; we know that if we die at that moment we would go to heaven and have no sins in our souls. There are two types of sins mortal and venial; someone who dies with a mortal sin in their soul has little chance of making heaven.
Is man a sinner because he sins or does he sin because he sins?
"man is a sinner because we are born in to it"--This person is correct in the sense that each man is born with sin. Unfortunately Adam and Eve lost perfection after having disobeyed God in the Garden of Eden. How do we know everyone is born with sin without exception? The Bible tells us in the book of Romans chapter 5 verse 12, which states, "That is why, just as through one man sin entered into the world and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men because they had all sinned." Not only does this text explain why we all must grow old and die in this system of things, but it also explains why we all are born with sin. But each on of us has a hope of being forgiven of sin and one day living in a paradise here on earth. In the same book of Romans but at 3:23-24, which reads, "For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of Go, and it is as a free gift that they are being declared righteous by his undeserved kindness through the release by the ransom paid by Christ Jesus." So here we see that Jesus' death has opened the doorway for mankind to be forgiven and declared righteous, even though we are all born sinners. For more information on this topic chapter 5 and chapter 6 paragraph 14 of "What Does the Bible Really Teach" book, published by Jehovah's Witnesses has more supporting scriptures.
What kind of sin cannot be forgiven outside of confession?
Roman Catholic AnswerVenial sin can be forgiven in numberless ways, mortal sin can, normally, only be forgiven in the confessional.
Are all of your sins forgiven even if you don't confess them?
Roman Catholic AnswerNo, not normally. If you are referring to a good confession in which you, perhaps, honestly forgot a sin, then, yes, in that instance, the sin would be forgiven IF you mention it during your next confession, and tell the priest that you honestly forgot it last time. But if you are asking if your sins are forgiven if you just neglect to go to confession and tell all of them, then no. Jesus set up confession as the normal way of having your sins forgiven, and you must abide by that.
Can mortal sins be forgiven?
Mortal sins can only be forgiven in the sacrament of penance or with an act of perfect contrition with the resolve to go to confession as soon as possible. Venial sins can be forgiven with an act of imperfect or perfect contrition, reception of the Holy Eucharist, use of a sacramental, after death.
Anyone who receive the Eucharist and confession and of all your sins forgiven all in oneday so you receive blessings?
Yes,your sins are forgiven in one day and you a grace granted by God to you. If you would take your confession wholeheartedly you will not sin no more.If you are a sinner the Eucharist would be invalid.
How can a Catholic be forgiven for leading a non believer into sin?
There is always forgiveness of sin.Roman Catholic AnswerThis is the sin of scandal, direct scandal is called diabolical, direct scandal has the deliberate intention to induce another to sin. All sin can be forgiven if the person truly repents which would involve confession along with a sincere intention not to commit the sin again.
What is sin A?
Answer 1:A sin is where you do something wrong or bad confession is to say sorry to jesus about sinning and to be forgiven. Answer 2:Cursing, murdering, adultery. Answer 3:A sin is an estrangement from God according to Princeton.
I cursed the lord's name...am I going to hell even if I repent?
Any sin can be forgiven if you repent.
Can blesphemy be forgiven if you ask for forgiveness?
Yes. The only unpardonable sin is the continual on going rejection of Christ.
Does a Catholic have to confess to a priest before communion?
If a Catholic has committed a mortal sin, then he must confess this sin to a priest in the Sacrament of Confession before he can receive Communion. If he has committed only venial sins, then he is free to receive Communion without going to Confession, and his reception of Communion will actually result in the forgiveness of those venial sins.
Can you sin because im under grace?
gods grace gives you the ability to be forgiven for your sin. you can still sin though you just have the privelage of being forgiven
Is a Priest allowed to report what you said in confession to the FBI or MI5?
No, he's not "allowed to". Of course, he could. However, it is so serious that the Priest can only be forgiven for this sin only if the Pope himself grants it.
What was jesus statement that proved that the woman was forgiven?
he said, if anyone of you is without sin, let him be the first to throw a stone at her
