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examinnfaith
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| Location: | Oregon USA |
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| First Name: | examinnfaith | | Gender: | Female | | Faith History: | Congregational, Episcopal, Lutheran, Nazarene, Baptist, Faith Center, Interdenominational, |
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Posted: Sat Feb 10th, 2007 01:14 am |
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In going through the examination of conscience for my first confession, I have come to 'Have I used artificial means of birth control? Have I undergone an operation to render myself sterile for contraceptive purposes?' I was taught through my parents and through the 'educational times' in which I was maturing that to do less than taking resposibility for the number of children you procreated was the 'sin'. It was impressed upon me that it was a moral responsiblility to control your number of offspring to be the 'best stewards of the earth and its resources'.
Now that I am preparing for confession, so as to become a member of the Catholic Church, I am learning the Church's position that supports these behaviors as sins (which I can understand and support). My past behaviors are long past and there is no way to change them at this point. Should they be confessed as mortal sins?
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CajunRick
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| Location: | Houma, Louisiana USA |
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Posted: Sat Feb 10th, 2007 01:29 am |
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examinnfaith wrote: My past behaviors are long past and there is no way to change them at this point. Should they be confessed as mortal sins?
The conditions for a mortal sin are that it must be a grave evil that you knowingly and willingly commit. At the time of your actions, based on your description, you were not aware of the gravity of evil. Therefore, it probably does not meet the criteria for mortal sin.
You should still confess it as a means of submission to Church authority and a recognition that you did violate Church doctrine even unknowingly and that you are now willing to submit to the authority of the Church, but it likely does not rise to the level of a mortal sin.
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examinnfaith
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Posted: Sat Feb 10th, 2007 12:54 pm |
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I hoped, from all my reading on the forum and in the catechism, that this would be your answer. Not that I am concerned about the confession in submission to the church. Howerer, I hoped that I was understanding the concept of mortal sin correctly!
Thank you, Rick, for both your answer and the time you give to these forums. You have been sent by God to help the many of us journeying home. May He bless you for your faithfullness and your charitible responses.
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