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Offline cassini

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Presumption, question
« on: February 28, 2024, 07:49:04 AM »
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    • The sin of presumption is the distortion or vice directly opposed to the theological virtue of hope. It is an unwarranted or habitual expectation that eternal life will be gained without God's assistance, or that salvation will be granted regardless of one's personal response to God's grace.

    Question: Every day we hear at funerals or thereafter, wherein the person is nearly always now looking down from heaven on us. Is this kind of presumption a sin in Catholicism?
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    Offline Viva Cristo Rey

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    Re: Presumption, question
    « Reply #1 on: February 28, 2024, 04:46:30 PM »
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    • Going to funeral Saturday.   Obituary says person is going to heaven to meet other relatives.  

    When we die, we go before God to be judged. 

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    Re: Presumption, question
    « Reply #2 on: February 28, 2024, 08:20:07 PM »
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    • Quote from: cassini on February 28, 2024, 07:49:04 AM
    The sin of presumption is the distortion or vice directly opposed to the theological virtue of hope. It is an unwarranted or habitual expectation that eternal life will be gained without God's assistance, or that salvation will be granted regardless of one's personal response to God's grace.

    Question: Every day we hear at funerals or thereafter, wherein the person is nearly always now looking down from heaven on us. Is this kind of presumption a sin in Catholicism?
    My understanding is that in a strict sense presumption applies for the living. What you describe in a funeral is a sin but for culpable ignorance.
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