[Sins Against] Faith-Hope-Charity

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Faith-Hope-Charity

From the Catechism of the Catholic Church, Simplified

Our Owed Obedience (2087)

Our moral life is based upon our belief in God, to whom we owe an "obedience of faith" (Rom 1:5). Paul condemned the "ignorance of God" as the cause of moral deviations (Rom 1:18-32).

Sins against Faith (2088-2089)

We must protect faith by vigilance and reject everything opposed to it. The sins against faith are:

1. Voluntary doubt - Refusing to hold as true what God revealed and the Church teaches. Doubt is involuntary when the person hesitates to believe or cannot overcome objections to faith.
2. Incredulity - Neglect or outright refusal to assent to a revealed truth.
3. Heresy - Denial of a truth that must be believed with divine and catholic faith.
4. Apostasy - Total repudiation of the Catholic faith.
5. Schism - Refusal to submit to the Pope or to accept communion with the Church.

Need for Hope (2090)

Because man cannot fully respond to God's love, he must hope that God will give him the capacity to live according to the commandments. Hope is the confident expectation of God's blessings of this life and of eternal life. Therefore, hope fears to offend God and incur punishment.

Sins against Hope (2091-2092)

Two sins against hope are:

1. Despair - The person loses all hope of God's forgiveness or his help in getting to heaven. This is against God's goodness, justice, and mercy.
2. Presumption is committed by someone who trusts in his own power to save himself; or who presumes on God's forgiveness without any need for repentance and good works.

Sins against Charity (2093-2094)

Sins against charity are:

1. Indifference - Which does not think about God's love and even denies its power
2. Ingratitude - Which refuses to acknowledge God's goodness
3. Lukewarmness - Which neglects to respond to God's love
4. Spiritual sloth (acedia) - Which refuses to delight in God
5. Hatred of God - Which presumes to curse God who forbids sin and inflicts punishment

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How do I incorporate these virtues (Faith, Hope, Charity) into my life, or do I fail and sin against them?

Open thread

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[Sins Against] Faith-Hope-Charity
Faith-Hope-Charity

[circlecity]

Do Catholics consider a sin against the faith (as defined above) to be blaspheming the Holy Spirit? I haven’t put a lot of thought to it but I think you could make a very strong argument that it is.

[Salvation]

I found an excellent article about this and will post it later. Meanwhile, I cannot post from this site -- only link. So check this out.

Frequently Asked Questions about SINS AGAINST THE HOLY SPIRIT

[married21]

Despair as a sin against Hope—

There’s an old story about the devil having a garage sale, with price tags on his old tools, which he had used over the years to tempt or trap people. A customer asked about why a particular tool was astronomically high. “Oh, that’s a very powerful tool. It’s called Despair. It’s valuable because it’s the one that works on good people.”

[Melian]

I have often wondered what a sin against the Holy Spirit was. I thought it could be murder, since the Holy Spirit is the “Giver of Life.” I don’t recall Jesus ever specifically forgiving a murderer.

I priest pointed out to me, when I asked him this, that Christ had forgiven all those who were murdering Him, when He said, “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.”

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Faith

[Bigg Red]

acedia — I learned a new term.

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Are you trying to say that we blaspheme the Holy Spirit?

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The link Salvation gives in #5 outlines it very well.

[circlecity]

"Are you trying to say that we blaspheme the Holy Spirit?"

Goodness no. I just asked if the Catholics consider offenses against the faith to be blaspheming the Spirit. Salvation provided an interesting link on the issue and may even have another good article to provide. I'm hoping to read the article.

[Bigg Red]

Oh, sorry for my misreading.