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Author Topic: Is this a mortal sin? - Accidentally address Mary as God  (Read 5575 times)

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Offline Ladislaus

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Re: Is this a mortal sin? - Accidentally address Mary as God
« Reply #5 on: January 08, 2024, 06:41:36 AM »
Quote from: Änσnymσus on January 08, 2024, 06:32:02 AM
Would this be what's called a "material sin"?  If so, I'd be interested in learning more about that.

I've never heard the term "material sin".  Sin by its definition typically involves having met all the conditions for sin.

Term that's generally used is "grave matter".  This means that whatever has happened is serious enough where, if someone did it knowingly and intentionally, it would constitute mortal sin.

Bottom line is that you can't accidentally commit a mortal sin that would deprive your soul of sanctifying grace.
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Re: Is this a mortal sin? - Accidentally address Mary as God
« Reply #6 on: January 08, 2024, 10:54:38 AM »
Quote from: Änσnymσus on January 08, 2024, 06:32:02 AM
Would this be what's called a "material sin"?  If so, I'd be interested in learning more about that.
This was me.  I have since located some information on material sin here:

Moral Theology, by John A. Mchugh and Charles J. Callan—A Project Gutenberg eBook
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Änσnymσus

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Re: Is this a mortal sin? - Accidentally address Mary as God
« Reply #7 on: January 08, 2024, 08:27:04 PM »
Anything spoken by complete accident is no sin at all. In this case, if you were in Our Lord’s home and accidentally addressed His Mother as Lord, I’m sure both would know it was a stumble of the tongue. Better to give more honor than to diminish or use disrespectfully.  I’d forget it.  Just study the prayer book or missal a little closer next time!  
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Änσnymσus

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Re: Is this a mortal sin? - Accidentally address Mary as God
« Reply #8 on: January 09, 2024, 12:16:26 AM »
No, ur chilling. It was a mistake. :laugh1:
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Re: Is this a mortal sin? - Accidentally address Mary as God
« Reply #9 on: January 10, 2024, 04:38:51 PM »
Quote from: 2Vermont on January 08, 2024, 10:54:38 AM
This was me.  I have since located some information on material sin here:

Moral Theology, by John A. Mchugh and Charles J. Callan—A Project Gutenberg eBook
Thought I'd share this as well from the Baltimore Catechism #3:


Q. 285. What are sins committed without reflection or consent called?
A. Sins committed without reflection or consent are called material sins; that is, they would be formal or real sins if we knew their sinfulness at the time we committed them. Thus to eat flesh meat on a day of abstinence without knowing it to be a day of abstinence or without thinking of the prohibition, would be a material sin.

Q. 286. Do past material sins become real sins as soon as we discover their sinfulness?
A. Past material sins do not become real sins as soon as we discover their sinfulness, unless we again repeat them with full knowledge and consent.

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