All this talk of mortal sin, but no real list of sins of grave matter

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Mortal sin, which to my current understanding is the only thing (besides original sin) that will send a person to Hell. Why isn’t there an list of sins that fit under grave matter?
 
The ten commandments I believe cover most mortal sins but they have to be explained.For instance the 1st:I am the Lord…before Me.that might cover sins like idolitry,use and belief in magic,or astrologers and a variety of others.I’ll just name some things which could be mortal under certain circumstances.Did I miss mass or come late to mass?did I leave early?Did I do servile work on Sunday/Did I give full day’s work for a full day’s pay?Did I attempt suicide?/Did i physically harm someone/Did I dress immodestly/Did I commit perjury?masturbate,adultery,fornication or sodomy?Did I gossip,give scandal by what I said or did (especially to the young),was I the cause of anyone abandoning the Catholic Faith?Did I practice birth control or was i sterilized?Did i disrespect my parents or legitimate superiors?Did i blaspheme God or take God’s name in vain?Did i neglect my duties as husband to my wife or children?Did i give bad example,abuse drugs,drink to excess?Did I kill or steal?Did i advise anyone to have an abortion or did I hav e an abortion?Did I help or encourage others to keep stolen goods?Did I?Did i tell lies to decieve or injure others?Did i give fair wages to my employees?There are other ways to commit mortal sins but this covers quite a few.Now it depends on degree and intent for some of these to be mortal.Most often many of these woould be venial sins.
 
Perhaps the opening post is asking how to tell when a sin is mortal or not in different areas. Many questions about what is moral or not come up in a multitude of areas, when it come to such things as work, business, waging war, the occult, and family life. Just in one area, the medical field, whole courses at Catholic colleges have been offered for those going into the medical field. For such questions. handbooks and manuals dealing with moral theology can be useful. One, for example, is Herbert Jone’s “Moral Theology.” Something more recent is Germain Grisz’s “The Way of the Lord Jesus Christ’” in 3 volumes (though I see only vol. 1 is being sold on amazon.com right now.) I hope this response is helpful.
 
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