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ok so @ayasauru and i made a meme cause ya know TOG discord
a comprehensive “guide” to sin in Catholicism - for the TOG fic writers
DISCLAIMER: I AM GOING OFF WHAT CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL AND GROWING UP IN CATHOLICISM HAS TAUGHT ME ABOUT SIN. IF YOU REQUIRE MORE INFORMATION SEEK OUT A PRIEST OR A THEOLOGIAN OR THE INTERNET (ALTHOUGH THAT MAY LEAD YOU DOWN A RABBIT HOLE)
pls feel free to add on in the comments section :)
Sin
Committing an action or thought that goes against the teachings of Catholicism
Teachings can include the Bible, 10 Commandments, whatever the Catholic Church says is right
Examples of sin: murder, lying, cheating on your partner
Original sin
When Adam and Eve ate from the fruit of the tree of forbidden knowledge, sin entered the world through them
Every human being born since then is born with original sin
Original sin can only be washed away through the Sacrament of Baptism (which is what you need to be part of the Catholic faith)
Absolving sin
Sin can only be absolved by a priest or someone higher up in the Church hierarchy through the Sacrament of Reconciliation/Penance
The priest acts as a direct line to God, allowing him to remove sins which you confess to
Reconciliation will only forgive sins which you have confessed to or completely forgotten, not sins that you are deliberately holding back
The priest is forbidden to tell anyone else of what you confessed to, even murder
The Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick also has a similar effect of forgiving sins
If someone died with sins, they would go through purgatory (sin cleansing) which is a period between death on Earth and going to Heaven
Mortal vs Venial sins
These are the two types of sins
Mortal sins
Extremely grave sins e.g. murder (although the Catholic Church does not give an exhaustive list of sins and which category they fall under)
For a mortal sin to exist, it must satisfy these three criteria
Grave matter: the matter is evil and immoral e.g. murder, masturbation, divorce
Full knowledge: the person must know that what they’re doing is evil and immoral
Deliberate consent: the person must freely choose to do this action
Think of it like this: a Catholic person has their own unique relationship with God but when said person commits a mortal sin, their relationship with God is completely cut off until they confess to that sin in Reconciliation
A person who dies with mortal sin intact is sent to hell
Venial sin
Lesser sins basically
A venial sin will weaken a person’s relationship with God but will not destroy it however, going to Reconciliation will restore and repair that relationship
Jesus dying for our sins
Jesus dying on the cross can result in a deep rabbit hole with many different interpretations and different symbolic meanings depending on which way you focus on it so therefore we’re doing it through the idea of sin and what I remember from high school religion classes this is going to be so rough
Jesus dying and resurrecting can represent the idea of Baptism as Catholics come to new life in Christ through Baptism
Jesus’ cross represents human sin, therefore he died carrying our sins and for human sin
As mentioned before with a Catholic’s relationship with God, Jesus dying restores the relationship between God and the human race so that we could be forgiven of our sins
Revelations
I’m going to say right now I do not know much about this
Revelations is the last book of the Bible, most famous for detailing the end of the world
This specific point is also covered briefly in the Nicene Creed
At the end of the world, God with Jesus at his right hand, will judge every soul and deem those worthy to join him in the new eternal kingdom of God
This is depicted by Michelangelo in the Last Judgement