Catholic hamartiology
Branch of Catholic thought that studies sin / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Catholic hamartiology is a branch of Catholic thought that studies sin. According to the Catholic Church, sin is an "utterance, deed, or desire,"[1] caused by concupiscence,[2] that offends God, reason, truth, and conscience.[3] The church believes sin is the greatest evil and has the worst consequences for the sinner (original sin and damnation), the world (human misery and environmental destruction), and the l Catholic Church itself (Passion of Jesus and wounds to the church's unity).[4] Based on the Bible, the Catholic Church distinguishes between two kinds of sins: mortal sin and venial sin.[5] The Catholic Church also distinguishes between the state of being in original sin and the commission of actual sin.[6]