is there such thing as mortal and venial sins?

Answer 1

Mortal sins are like breaking the Ten Commandments.

Venial sins is like anger, pitty, despair, not helping the poor ... you're a child of God and need to have faith in his deliverance from your woe's.

Answer 2

That is a concept developed by the Roman Catholic Church. I do not know of any Protestant church that would teach that. I have no idea whether the Eastern Orthodox would teach it. The Bible presents all sin as being mortal: with sin came death. While there is a different intensity of sin - a person can persist in sin, hardening himself against warnings, - and there are more serious human consequences for some sins than for others (paedophilia versus pride - although one might be surprised at the harm pride can do to people around you), yet all sin is equally mortal in God's sight.

Answer 3

From catholicdoors.com:
Q. What is the difference between a mortal sin and a venial sin?
A. For a sin to be mortal, three conditions must exist at the same time.
1. It must be of a grave matter;
2. It must be committed with full knowledge that it is a mortal sin;
3. It must be committed with full consent. [Full consent means to do it "voluntarily."]

Q. What is a venial sin?
A. The Catechism of the Catholic Church defines a venial sin as follows:
"Venial sin allows charity to subsist, even though it offends and wounds it." (To "subsist" means to "exist.")
"Venial sin constitutes a moral disorder that is reparable by charity, which it allows to subsist in us."
"One commits venial sin when, in a less serious matter, he does not observe the standard prescribed by the moral law,or when he disobeys the moral law in a grave matter, but without full knowledge or without complete consent."

This puts it plainer:
"According to Roman Catholicism, a venial sin (meaning "forgivable" sin) is a lesser sin which does not result in a complete separation from God and eternal damnation in Hell. A venial sin involves a "temporary loss of grace" from God."
That was from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venial_sin

Answer 4

I guess there are sins that are more serious than others, but I don't think that we can classify each, individual sin onto some kind of list like we see in movies about Catholic schools back in the 50s. I believe that the mortal sin would be so serious as to cut the ties a person has to God and only God would offer faith back to that person. That, I think, would be pretty hard to do.

Answer 5

Under the old covenant, and under the old law, one sin as just as deadly as any other.

Under the new covenant, according to the grace, mercy, advocacy, and judgment of Jesus Christ, there are some sins that are serious, and some sins that are deadly.

All venial seins are serious. Mortal sins are deadly.

See 1stJohn 5:16

Answer 6

no, the Bible says that if you are guilty of breaking one part of the law, you are guilty of the whole law.
It also says that the sin of anger is equal to the sin of murder, the sin of lust equal to the sin of adultery.

Mortal and venial sins are made up by man in order for him to feel superior over others and give them justification for judgement and unforgiveness as well as feelings of superiority over those with "worse sins" than theirs. It keeps them from having to look at themselves in the mirror and deal with their own hearts while they point fingers of unforgiveness at others.

The idea of mortal and venial sin is a direct mockery of what Jesus did on the cross and defiantly flies in the face of the entire message of the gospel

Answer 7

Yes, absolutely.

The Bible is clear that not all sin is fatal. See 1 John 5:16.

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Answer 8

Yes,venial arent too serious.

Ihavent seen a cathecacism in years so my details aint too sharp.

Answer 9

Only if you believe there is. Most sins are man made.

Answer 10

Yes. Talk with your clergyman