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Sin is an offense against God: “Against you, you alone, have I sinned, and
done that which is evil in your sight.”122 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,”123 knowing and determining good and evil. Sin is thus
“love of oneself even to contempt of God.”124 In this proud
self-exaltation, sin is diametrically opposed to the obedience of Jesus, which
achieves our salvation.125
PART THREE: LIFE IN CHRIST
- SECTION ONE MAN’S VOCATION LIFE IN THE SPIRIT
- CHAPTER ONE THE DIGNITY OF THE HUMAN PERSON
- Article 8 SIN
- II. The Definition of Sin
From The Catechism of the Catholic Church – rosary.team
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