Part, Chapter, Paragraph
1 Intro, 0,2 | light of faith we call it sin: beginning with original
2 Intro, 0,2 | beginning with original sin, which all of us bear from
3 Intro, 0,2 | our first parents, to the sin which each one of us commits
4 Intro, 0,3 | all other wounds: namely sin. ~
5 Intro, 0,4 | that radical break which is sin. And this is achieved only
6 Intro, 0,4 | of that original wound of sin in order to bring healing
7 Intro, 0,4 | there has been the break of sin from which derive all the
8 Intro, 0,4 | requires liberation from sin, which is to be rejected
9 Intro, 0,4 | between people and God: namely sin. Afterward I shall indicate
10 I, 1,6 | the mercy that wipes out sin, the church takes up the
11 I, 1,6(21) | of the parable. Jonah's sin is that he was "displeased...
12 I, 1,6(21) | and repentest of evil. His sin is also that of pitying
13 I, 2,7 | the liberator of man from sin in all its forms. St. Paul
14 I, 2,7 | aspect of liberation from sin and communion of grace with
15 I, 2,7 | to conquer the kingdom of sin, to re- establish the covenant
16 I, 2,7 | dividing wall(31) which sin had raised up between people. ~
17 I, 2,8 | of heart and victory over sin, whether this latter is
18 I, 3,10 | cross evil and the power of sin, by his loving obedience,
19 I, 3,12 | hesitate to condemn the evil of sin, to proclaim the need for
20 II | LOVE THAT IS GREATER THAN SIN ~
21 II, 0,13 | apostle, "If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and
22 II, 0,13 | expression the theme of sin, which is intimately connected
23 II, 0,13 | present the question of sin in its human dimension:
24 II, 0,13 | in its human dimension: sin as an integral part of the
25 II, 0,13 | divine dimension, where sin is countered by the truth
26 II, 0,13 | To acknowledge one's sin, indeed-penetrating still
27 II, 0,13 | being a sinner, capable of sin and inclined to commit sin,
28 II, 0,13 | sin and inclined to commit sin, is the essential first
29 II, 0,13 | my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me. Against
30 II, 0,13 | with determination from the sin into which one has fallen.
31 II, 0,13 | not possible to deal with sin and conversion only in abstract
32 II, 0,13 | acknowledgment of one's own sin, the church's ministry of
33 II, 0,13 | evaluate the consequences of sin with "eyes enlightened"(63)
34 II, 0,13 | faith. These consequences of sin are the reasons for division
35 II, 1 | CHAPTER ONE ~THE MYSTERY OF SIN ~
36 II, 1,14 | understanding of the mystery of sin. This expression, which
37 II, 1,14 | intangible element hidden in sin. Clearly sin is a product
38 II, 1,14 | element hidden in sin. Clearly sin is a product of man's freedom.
39 II, 1,14 | which helps us to understand sin emerges from the biblical
40 II, 1,14 | sense the story of the first sin in Eden and the story of
41 II, 1,14(68)| in the New Testament for sin is significant. The most
42 II, 1,14(68)| The most common term for sin is hamartia, with its various
43 II, 1,14(68)| or even a divinity. But sin is also called adikia, and
44 II, 1,14(68)| all convey the image of sin.~
45 II, 1,14 | essence and darkness of sin: disobedience to God, to
46 II, 1,14 | and is, in various forms, sin. It can go as far as a very
47 II, 1,15 | description of the "first sin," the rupture with Yahweh
48 II, 1,15 | Babel story, the result of sin is the shattering of the
49 II, 1,15 | already begun with the first sin and now reaching its most
50 II, 1,15 | investigate the mystery of sin can ignore this link between
51 II, 1,15 | As a rupture with God, sin is an act of disobedience
52 II, 1,15 | disorder.~The mystery of sin is composed of this twofold
53 II, 1,15 | speak of personal and social sin: From one point of view,
54 II, 1,15 | one point of view, every sin is personal; from another
55 II, 1,15 | another point of view, every sin is social insofar as and
56 II, 1,16 | Personal Sin and Social Sin ~16. Sin,
57 II, 1,16 | Personal Sin and Social Sin ~16. Sin, in the proper
58 II, 1,16 | Sin and Social Sin ~16. Sin, in the proper sense, is
59 II, 1,16 | this responsibility for sin committed. Hence there is
60 II, 1,16 | virtue or responsibility for sin.~As a personal act, sin
61 II, 1,16 | sin.~As a personal act, sin has its first and most important
62 II, 1,16 | frequently spoke of social sin.~The expression and the
63 II, 1,16 | meanings.~To speak of social sin means in the first place
64 II, 1,16 | concrete, each individual's sin in some way affects others.
65 II, 1,16 | speak of a communion of sin, whereby a soul that lowers
66 II, 1,16 | that lowers itself through sin drags down with itself the
67 II, 1,16 | other words, there is no sin, not even the most intimate
68 II, 1,16 | greater or lesser harm, every sin has repercussions on the
69 II, 1,16 | meaning of the term, every sin can undoubtedly be considered
70 II, 1,16 | be considered as social sin. ~Some sins, however, by
71 II, 1,16 | term. In this sense social sin is sin against love of neighbor,
72 II, 1,16 | this sense social sin is sin against love of neighbor,
73 II, 1,16 | social applies to every sin against justice in interpersonal
74 II, 1,16 | individual. Also social is every sin against the rights of the
75 II, 1,16 | Likewise social is every sin against others' freedom,
76 II, 1,16 | adore him; social is every sin against the dignity and
77 II, 1,16 | neighbor. Also social is every sin against the common good
78 II, 1,16 | third meaning of social sin refers to the relationships
79 II, 1,16 | these evils, and therefore sin, can be attributed to any
80 II, 1,16 | if one speaks of social sin here, the expression obviously
81 II, 1,16 | sometimes given to social sin that is not legitimate or
82 II, 1,16 | This usage contrasts social sin and personal sin, not without
83 II, 1,16 | social sin and personal sin, not without ambiguity,
84 II, 1,16 | the abolition of personal sin, with the recognition only
85 II, 1,16 | upheld them-practically every sin is a social sin, in the
86 II, 1,16 | them-practically every sin is a social sin, in the sense that blame
87 II, 1,16 | speaks of situations of sin or when the condemns as
88 II, 1,16 | that such cases of social sin are the result of the accumulation
89 II, 1,16 | heart of every situation of sin are always to be found sinful
90 II, 1,17 | dimension in the mystery of sin, one on which the human
91 II, 1,17 | Why and to what degree is sin a serious matter in the
92 II, 1,17 | centuries spoken of mortal sin and venial sin. But it is
93 II, 1,17 | of mortal sin and venial sin. But it is above all the
94 II, 1,17 | Letter, St. John speaks of a sin which leads to death (pros
95 II, 1,17 | thanaton), as opposed to a sin which does not lead to death (
96 II, 1,17 | them. In that passage the sin that leads to death seems
97 II, 1,17 | constitutes the very essence of sin, namely the rejection of
98 II, 1,17 | preserves him from falling into sin; God protects him, and "
99 II, 1,17 | touch him." If he should sin through weakness or ignorance,
100 II, 1,17 | Jesus' warning about the sin "that will not be forgiven"
101 II, 1,17 | Thomas and the theology of sin that has its source in him
102 II, 1,17 | s being and acting. Now sin is a disorder perpetrated
103 II, 1,17 | bound by charity, then the sin is mortal; on the other
104 II, 1,17 | turning away from God, the sin is venial."(94) For this
105 II, 1,17 | For this reason venial sin does not deprive the sinner
106 II, 1,17 | the consequence of mortal sin. ~Furthermore, when sin
107 II, 1,17 | sin. ~Furthermore, when sin is considered from the point
108 II, 1,17 | and other doctors mortal sin is the sin which, if unforgiven,
109 II, 1,17 | doctors mortal sin is the sin which, if unforgiven, leads
110 II, 1,17 | punishment; whereas venial sin is the sin that merits merely
111 II, 1,17 | whereas venial sin is the sin that merits merely temporal
112 II, 1,17 | purgatory). ~Considering sin from the point of view of
113 II, 1,17 | ways of defining mortal sin) are linked with the idea
114 II, 1,17 | the idea of the gravity of sin's objective content. Hence,
115 II, 1,17 | and pastoral action, grave sin is in practice identified
116 II, 1,17 | practice identified with mortal sin.~Here we have the core of
117 II, 1,17 | also recalled that mortal sin is sin whose object is grave
118 II, 1,17 | recalled that mortal sin is sin whose object is grave matter
119 II, 1,17 | case there occurs venial sin. This however must never
120 II, 1,17 | ignored or regarded as "a sin of little importance."~For
121 II, 1,17 | the church, we call mortal sin the act by which man freely
122 II, 1,17 | principle: It is a mortal sin, that is, an act which gravely
123 II, 1,17 | decisive distinction is between sin which destroys charity and
124 II, 1,17 | which destroys charity and sin which does not kill the
125 II, 1,17 | taken not to reduce mortal sin to an act of " fundamental
126 II, 1,17 | or neighbor. For mortal sin exists also when a person
127 II, 1,17 | traditional concept of mortal sin. ~While every sincere and
128 II, 1,17 | and theological mystery of sin is to be valued, the church
129 II, 1,17 | that teaches us also about sin. She likewise has to remind
130 II, 1,17 | weakening of the sense of sin in the modern world. ~
131 II, 1,18 | The Loss of the Sense of Sin ~18. Over the course of
132 II, 1,18 | seeds of death contained in sin, as well as a sensitivity
133 II, 1,18 | thousand guises under which sin shows itself. This is what
134 II, 1,18 | commonly called the sense of sin.~This sense is rooted in
135 II, 1,18 | completely, so the sense of sin is never completely eliminated.~
136 II, 1,18 | obscuring also of the sense of sin, which is closely connected
137 II, 1,18 | reference, the sense of sin is lost. This explains why
138 II, 1,18 | become proverbial, that "the sin of the century is the loss
139 II, 1,18 | the loss of the sense of sin."(100) ~Why has this happened
140 II, 1,18 | weakening of the sense of sin, precisely because of the
141 II, 1,18 | but undermine the sense of sin. At the very most, sin will
142 II, 1,18 | of sin. At the very most, sin will be reduced to what
143 II, 1,18 | will take root a sense of sin against man and against
144 II, 1,18 | namely the true sense of sin.~Another reason for the
145 II, 1,18 | disappearance of the sense of sin in contemporary society
146 II, 1,18 | therefore his ability to sin.~The sense of sin also easily
147 II, 1,18 | ability to sin.~The sense of sin also easily declines as
148 II, 1,18 | attenuation of the notion of sin as almost to reach the point
149 II, 1,18 | the point of saying that sin does exist, but no one knows
150 II, 1,18 | it.~Finally the sense of sin disappears when-as can happen
151 II, 1,18 | The loss of the sense of sin is thus a form or consequence
152 II, 1,18 | the form of secularism. If sin is the breaking, off of
153 II, 1,18 | obedience to him, then to sin is not merely to deny God.
154 II, 1,18 | not merely to deny God. To sin is also to live as if he
155 II, 1,18 | gradual loss of the sense of sin. In such a situation the
156 II, 1,18 | weakening of the sense of sin comes from several sources:
157 II, 1,18 | decline of the sense of sin. For example, some are inclined
158 II, 1,18 | exaggerations: From seeing sin everywhere they pass to
159 II, 1,18 | any punishment deserved by sin; from severity in trying
160 II, 1,18 | diminishing the true sense of sin almost to the point of eliminating
161 II, 1,18 | ecclesial significance of sin and of conversion and to
162 II, 1,18 | restoration of a proper sense of sin is the first way of facing
163 II, 1,18 | today. But the sense of sin can only be restored through
164 II, 1,18 | that a healthy sense of sin will once again flourish,
165 II, 2,19 | In order to understand sin we have had to direct our
166 II, 2,19 | iniquitatis. But in this economy sin is not the main principle,
167 II, 2,19 | still less the victor. Sin fights against another active
168 II, 2,19 | sacramentum pietatis. Man's sin would be the winner and
169 II, 2,19 | in order to conquer man's sin.~We find this expression
170 II, 2,19 | religion," because it conquers sin.~But what is the meaning
171 II, 2,20 | anyone born of God does not sin, but he who was born of
172 II, 2,20 | necessary strength not to sin. It is not a question therefore
173 II, 2,20 | action. In order not to sin the Christian has knowledge
174 II, 2,20 | one born of God commits sin; for God's seed abides in
175 II, 2,20 | say that in order not to sin or in order to gain freedom
176 II, 2,20 | order to gain freedom from sin the Christian has within
177 II, 2,21 | confronts iniquity and sin. In this case too the essential
178 II, 2,21 | one born of God commits sin"; but the expression has
179 II, 2,21 | of God, is warned not to sin and indeed receives the
180 II, 2,21 | receives the commandment not to sin but to live in a manner
181 II, 2,22 | the loss of the sense of sin and at times tempted by
182 II, 2,22 | personally: "If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and
183 II, 2,22 | love more powerful than sin, stronger than death. When
184 II, 2,22 | cease in the face of our sin or recoil before our offenses,
185 III, 0,23 | reconciliation, is the man marked by sin whose striking image is
186 III, 0,23 | my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me."(116)
187 III, 0,23 | The Lord has put away your sin; you shall not die."(118)~
188 III, 0,23 | whole human world-wounded by sin and affected by sin in the
189 III, 0,23 | world-wounded by sin and affected by sin in the innermost depths
190 III, 0,23 | desire to be freed from sin and, especially if he is
191 III, 0,23 | forgiveness and remission of the sin of each person with the
192 III, 0,23 | to understand that, since sin is the active principle
193 III, 0,23 | God-only conversion from sin is capable of bringing about
194 III, 1,25 | which is conversion from sin and communion with Christ
195 III, 1,26 | balance and harmony broken by sin, to change direction even
196 III, 1,26 | out for the correction of sin. In this regard I would
197 III, 1,26 | catechesis.~On the sense of sin, which, as I have said,
198 III, 1,26 | tempted as we are, yet without sin,"(147) allowed himself to
199 III, 1,26 | themselves to occasions of sin, being subjected to temptation
200 III, 1,26 | realize the exact nature of sin and feel decisively moved
201 III, 1,27 | who is conscious of grave sin can receive the eucharist
202 III, 1,27 | preserves us from mortal sin' and they are to be shown
203 III, 1,27 | conscious of being in mortal sin, however contrite he may
204 III, 2,28 | lessening of a sense of sin, the distortion of the concept
205 III, 2,29 | and bears upon himself the sin of the world(158) appears
206 III, 2,29 | subject to the snare of sin, namely his apostles: "Receive
207 III, 2,29 | encouraging and friendly "Do not sin again."(171) ~For the effective
208 III, 2,29 | in the struggle against sin and temptation, in spiritual
209 III, 2,30 | faithful who have fallen into sin after baptism might receive
210 III, 2,31 | the remission of serious sin committed after baptism.
211 III, 2,31 | as creatures subject to sin; they commit themselves
212 III, 2,31 | renouncing and combating sin; accept the punishment (
213 III, 2,31 | confession that the experience of sin does not degenerate into
214 III, 2,31 | sensitive, seeing as he does in sin the element of error but
215 III, 2,31 | until they realize that sin is contrary to the ethical
216 III, 2,31 | they say not only that "sin exists" but also "I have
217 III, 2,31 | until they admit that sin has introduced a division
218 III, 2,31 | decisive rejection of the sin committed, together with
219 III, 2,31 | been upset and disturbed by sin, a liberation in the very
220 III, 2,31 | entrusting oneself, beyond sin, to the mercy that forgives.(188)
221 III, 2,31 | not collective, just as sin is a deeply personal matter.
222 III, 2,31 | confession in a way forces sin out of the secret of the
223 III, 2,31 | which has been wounded by sin, that welcomes anew the
224 III, 2,31 | present in order to blot out sin and restore innocence. And
225 III, 2,31 | the "mercy stronger than sin and offense," as I defined
226 III, 2,31 | that at that moment every sin is forgiven and blotted
227 III, 2,31 | price that one pays for the sin absolved and for the forgiveness
228 III, 2,31 | area due to the wound of sin, to the imperfection of
229 III, 2,31 | an infectious source of sin which must always be fought
230 III, 2,31 | alone before God with his sin, repentance and trust. No
231 III, 2,31 | solitude of the sinner in his sin, and this can be seen dramatically
232 III, 2,31 | represented in Cain with sin "crouching at his door,"
233 III, 2,31 | offended and wounded by his sin. As the minister of penance,
234 III, 2,31 | repair the breaches caused by sin. The forgiven penitent is
235 III, 2,32 | regaining the grace lost by sin; a need to check one's spiritual
236 III, 2,32 | remove the very roots of sin. ~Attention to the actual
237 III, 2,33 | are conscious of serious sin are reconciled with God
238 III, 2,33 | clear that every serious sin must always be stated, with
239 Concl, 0,35 | interior encouragement to hate sin and to be converted to God,
240 Concl, 0,35 | of humanity, disturbed by sin and tormented by so many
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