Sin

CCC 2280

“Everyone is responsible for his

life before God who has given it
to him. It is God who remains the
sovereign Master of life.”
“We are obliged to accept life
gratefully and preserve it for
his honor and the salvation of
our souls.”

“We are stewards, not owners,

of the life God has entrusted to
us.”
 What is Sin?

Sin is define as a transgression of

God’s commandment, a rejection
of his love, and an offense against a
fellow human being.

transgression- an act that goes against

a law, rule, or code of conduct.
It prevents one from
developing an intimate
relationship with God and
a loving communion with
others.
Sin is an offense against reason,
truth, and right conscience; it is
failure in genuine love for God
and neighbor caused by a
perverse attachment to certain
goods.

perverse- deliberate & obstinate desire to

behave in a way that is unreasonable or
unacceptable.
 It wounds the nature of
man and injures human
solidarity.
It has been defined as "an
utterance, a deed, or a
desire contrary to the
eternal law.
Eternal law is God’s plan to lead
all creation towards God’s
eternal salvific plan to be holy
and blameless before Him
through Jesus Christ (Ephesians 1:4–5)
Sin sets itself against God's
love for us and turns our hearts
away from it.

Like the first sin, it is

disobedience, a revolt against
God through the will to
become "like gods," knowing
and determining good and evil.
Sin is thus "love of oneself even
to contempt of God." In this
proud self- exaltation, sin is
diametrically opposed to the
obedience of Jesus, which
achieves our salvation.
Dimensions of Sin

1.Personal
2.Social
Personal Dimension of Sin

Sin is always personal in

nature. Personal sin is a
person’s deliberate act of
disobeying the will of God
which affects the doer of
the act himself/herself.
•It is always personal in
nature because it is
consciously done by a person
out of his free will, and
therefore, the doer himself is
fully accountable for the
guilt that the sin brings.
•Sin is committed because the doer
personally chooses to do or commit it
and he himself suffers from its
consequences.
Social Dimension of Sin
•All sins that people commit,
no matter how personal
they are, always have
effects on others.
•The impact of these sins to
other people is referred to
as social sin (PJP II,
Reconciliation & Penance no.16)
•People live in a community and therefore
inevitably makes them interconnected
with one another that their actions,
whether good or bad, affect other people
one way or another.
Activity: ½ CW

1. Write a short story depicting at least

one of your personal experience of sin.
(at least 10 sentences)
Assignment: ¼ sheet of paper

1.The Types of Sin

2.Four Fold Effects of Sin