still in his sins? Several people claimed to know and are wrong.
First, let’s try to clear up what the Catholic Church says about Confession. As Catholics we only HAVE to go to Confession if we are in a state of mortal sin.
For a sin to be ‘mortal’ three criteria have to be met. (1) The sin in question has to be a serious offense God and neighbor. All sin, by the way, has a communal dimension – that is to say, no sin is utterly ‘private’ because the community, made up of our neighbors, is always diminished by my sinful acts. (2) I must know that the sin which I have committed is a serious offense against God and neighbor. (3) The sin must have the full consent of my will. When all three (not 2 out of 3) of these conditions are met, I am, very likely in a state of mortal sin.
The phrase ‘mortal sin’ is based on the words of the Scripture in I John 5:16 which indicates that some sins are “deadly,” that is, “mortal.” As Catholics we believe that a person who dies with
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