Religion Quarter 2 Summative

How many capital sins are there?

How many capital sins are there?

7

Pride (Capital Sin)

being too confident in yourself and showing excessive arrogance

Sloth (Capital Sin)

neglecting to do duties especially to help others because you are lazy

Greed (Capital Sin)

loves/desires money or possessions instead of loving God and others around them

Envy (Capital Sin)

jealous of someone else's possessions, characteristics, or good things that happened to them

Lust (Capital Sin)

uncontrolled cravings for pleasure

Gluttony (Capital Sin)

uncontrolled indulgence of something that ends up wasteful (ex: buying food for many people and not all of it is gone and you end up just throwing it away)

Wrath (Capital Sin)

• big desire for revenge

• hateful/warlike/unkind feelings towards others

Three definitions of sin

- offense against reason, truth, and right conscience - A failure in genuine love for God, neighbor, and self - An utterance, a deed, or a desire contrary to the eternal law

Hattah concept of sin

prioritize something over God and missing the mark/main objective (ex: student joins in teasing someone in order to feel accepted by the others teasing)

Pesha concept of sin

rebellion, intentional choice with full knowledge, and lack of sympathy (ex: making someone else cry and enjoying it because you think they deserve it)

Awon concept of sin

guilt you possess from your action, consequences of sin for humanity, and sin alienates (isolates) us from God, others, and our true self

Original Sin

refers to the sin of Adam and Eve (taking fruit from the tree God said not to), taken away at Baptism, and the source of other sins

Venial Sin

DO NOT MEET ALL 3 OF THESE: full knowledge of action, full consent (action done by choice), and grave matter (extremely serious)

Mortal Sin

only level of sin that can get you sent to Hell, and has to meet ALL 3 OF THESE: full knowledge of action, full consent (action done by choice), and grave matter (extremely serious)

Personal Sin

sins you commit and are responsible for

Social Sin

sins where we allow a sin to happen by someone else

Sin of Commission

sins you commit and do the wrong thing (ex: litter)

Sin of Omission

sins you fail to do the right thing (ex: someone else litters, you see it, and do not pick up the trash)

Confession

also known as reconciliation/penance, sacrament by which Christ forgives us, and led by priests or bishops only

Absolution

statement by which a priest declares forgiveness to a sinner in reconciliation

Perfect Contrition

truly feels bad about the sin committed and puts God before anyone else

Imperfect Contrition

sorrow for your own sins because scared of God's punishment

Heaven, Purgatory, and Hell

Heaven: NO sins Purgatory: cleansing period where you have venial sins Hell: committed a/an moral sin/sins and completely separated from God

How is sin a function/way of free will?

• it is your own decision/choice to sin

• it is from the heart that evil thoughts, murder, adultery, theft, etc. come from

• it is also from the heart that good works, purity, and charity come

Explain the details and significance of the Prodigal Son story

• younger son asked for his inheritance money before the dad dies (considered very disrespectful)

• the dad gives it to him and the younger son leaves and spends it all over unnecessary things

• younger son had to get a job since he is out of money and the only job available was feeding and cleaning the pigs

• younger son living in misery so travels back to dads place to try to work for him again

• the dad sees his young son in a distance and runs up to him

• significance: this part is shocking because father did unknown: instead of getting frustrated he was just happy to have his son back and gave him a job right away: THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF CONFESSION: in confession you are forgiven for your sins

Which temptations are judged?

the temptations that are thoughts/desires that you give into

Explain one of the metaphors of sin

• the metaphor I am explaining is the one with two walls

• one of the walls is God, the space in the middle is sin, and the other wall is human

• Sin is separating God from a human

• it is a lot harder to make a close relationship with God if you constantly sin