Mortal Sin
glossary_termA grave infraction of the law of God that destroys the divine life in the soul of the sinner (sanctifying grace), constituting a turn away from God. For a sin to be mortal, three conditions must be present: grave matter, full knowledge of the evil of the act, and full consent of the will
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Passages ranked by relevance to Mortal Sin, from most closely related outward.
Mortal Sin destroys Charity in the heart of man by a grave violation of God's law; it turns man away from God, who is his ultimate end and his Beatitude, by preferring an inferior good to him. Venial Sin allows charity to subsist, even though it offends and wounds it.
For a Sin to be mortal, three conditions must together be met: "Mortal Sin is sin whose object is Grave Matter and which is also committed with Full Knowledge and Deliberate Consent." 131