Sin and Evil

Cards (21)

  • Metaphysical Evil - the finite and limited condition of the space-time world (spatio temporal world)
  • Natural Evil - all kinds of natural disasters and fatal disasters
  • Moral Evil - an evil caused by moral actions
  • Sin - just one kind of evil, which is the moral evil
  • Evil - a kind of privation; a lack of good
  • Genesis 3 - chapter of the bible where the fall of man was talked about
  • Kinds of Evil: Metaphysical, Natural, Moral
  • Original Sin - the state of sin inherited by all human beings
  • Primordial Sin - when Adam and Eve disobeyed God's command
  • Venial Sin - involves minor matters or are committed without full knowledge or deliberate consent
  • Mortal Sin - a grave violation of God's law
  • Kinds of Sin: Original, Primordial, Venial, Mortal
  • Concupiscence - term used to describe the disordered desires and inclinations towards sin that persist in human nature due to original sin
  • Knowledge of Good and Evil - refers to a whole, an entirety, to everything
  • Knowing - committing into action
  • Eating - refers to our basic desires, our passion, our appetites
  • Freedom of Choice - God loves us so much that is why He gave us the freedom to love Him or not
  • Hell - not just a place of punishment but as a state of separation from God, chosen by individuals who persist in rejecting divine grace
  • Jesus - the new Adam
  • Human Suffering and Death - by experiencing this, God provides a means for overcoming sin and restoring humanity to state of grace
  • Sin and evil are of the same genus but different and species.