Blasphemy of the Holy Spirit

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What is blasphemy of the Holy Spirit as mentioned in the following verses?:

Mar 3:29 DRB But he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost, shall never have forgiveness, but shall be guilty of an everlasting sin.

Luk 12:10 DRB And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but to him that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven.

I have read that it was only possible for the people in Jesus’ day to commit this sin but I do not know if that is true or not. I have also heard that blasphemy of the Holy Spirit is basically rejecting the Holy Spirit’s pull on our hearts throughout our entire life and even in the face of death.

Also, if it is possible for a modern Catholic/Christian to commit blasphemy of the Holy Spirit, can it be forgiven? If a non-Christian commits blasphemy of the Holy Spirit and then gets baptized, will he/she be forgiven?

I am really confused about what exactly blasphemy of the Holy Spirit is and would greatly appreciate any help you all can give me.
 
Blasphemy against the Holy Spirit is nothing other than final impenitence. If you commit an actual mortal sin AND refuse through the last moment of life to repent from that sin, only then have you committed Blasphemy against the Holy Spirit. It is an unforgiveable sin because after death, no one can repent from actual mortal sin.

If you are still alive, you have not yet committed blasphemy against the Holy Spirit. However, those who obstinately continue to refuse to repent from serious sin are moving in the direction of blasphemy against the Holy Spirit.

But as long as we are still alive, we can repent and be forgiven from any sin whatsoever.
 
Ron_Conte said:
Blasphemy against the Holy Spirit is nothing other than final impenitence. If you commit an actual mortal sin AND refuse through the last moment of life to repent from that sin, only then have you committed Blasphemy against the Holy Spirit. It is an unforgiveable sin because after death, no one can repent from actual mortal sin.

If you are still alive, you have not yet committed blasphemy against the Holy Spirit. However, those who obstinately continue to refuse to repent from serious sin are moving in the direction of blasphemy against the Holy Spirit.

But as long as we are still alive, we can repent and be forgiven from any sin whatsoever.
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Oh okay thank you for this information Ron Conte. Anyway, I do believe you but could you please provide me a source from the Magisterium that shows this? Thank you!
 
New Advent Catholic Encyclopedia says:

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VIII. SINS AGAINST THE HOLY GHOST
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The sin or blasphemy against the Holy Ghost is mentioned in Matthew 12:22-32; Mark 3:22-30; Luke 12:10 (cf. 11:14-23); and Christ everywhere declares that it shall not be pardoned. In what does it consist? If we examine all the passages alluded to, there can be little doubt as to the reply.
Let us take, for instance, the account given by St. Matthew which is more complete than that of the other Synoptics. There had been brought to Christ “one possessed with a devil, blind and dumb: and he healed him, so that he spoke and saw”. While the crowd is wondering, and asking: “Is not this the Son of David?”, the Pharisees, yielding to their wonted jealousy, and shutting their eyes to the light of evidence, say: “This man casteth not out devils but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils.” Jesus then proves to them this absurdity, and, consequently, the malice of their explanation; He shows them that it is by “the Spirit of God” that He casts out devils, and then He concludes: “therefore I say to you: Ever sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven men, but the blasphemy of the Spirit shall not be forgiven. And whosoever shall speak a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but he that shall speak against the Holy Ghost, it shall not he forgiven him, neither in this world, nor in the world to come.” So, to sin against the Holy Ghost is to confound Him with the spirit of evil, it is to deny, from pure malice, the Divine character of works manifestly Divine.
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There is more on this, that is just the first paragraphs.
Scroll way down newadvent.org/cathen/07409a.htm
 
This is how the New Advent entry ends…there is more in the middle re: St Thomas and his threee explanations of Blasphemy of the Holy Spirit.
The sins against the Holy Ghost are said to be unpardonable, but the meaning of this assertion will vary very much according to which of the three explanations given above is accepted. As to final impenitence it is absolute; and this is easily understood, for even God cannot pardon where there is no repentance, and the moment of death is the fatal instant after which no mortal sin is remitted. It was because St. Augustine considered Christ’s words to imply absolute unpardonableness that he held the sin against the Holy Ghost to be solely final impenitence. In the other two explanations, according to St. Thomas, the sin against the Holy Ghost is remissable – not absolutely and always, but inasmuch as (considered in itself) it has not the claims and extenuating circumstance, inclining towards a pardon, that might be alleged in the case of sins of weakness and ignorance. He who, from pure and deliberate malice, refuses to recognize the manifest work of God, or rejects the necessary means of salvation, acts exactly like a sick man who not only refuses all medicine and all food, but who does all in his power to increase his illness, and whose malady becomes incurable, due to his own action. It is true, that in either case, God could, by a miracle, overcome the evil; He could, by His omnipotent intervention, either nuillify the natural causes of bodily death, or radically change the will of the stubborn sinner; but such intervention is not in accordance with His ordinary providence; and if he allows the secondary causes to act, if He offers the free human will of ordinary but sufficient grace, who shall seek cause of complaint? In a word, the irremissableness of the sins against the Holy Ghost is exclusively on the part of the sinner, on account of the sinner’s act.
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canne said:
This is how the New Advent entry ends…there is more in the middle re: St Thomas and his threee explanations of Blasphemy of the Holy Spirit.
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Ok. I just finished reading the rest of the section on Blasphemy of the Holy Spirit. However, I am still confused as to how or if the sin can even be forgiven if it is not final impenitence. Can you (or someone else) please explain this to me? :confused:
 
from the catechism

1864 “Whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin.” [136] There are no limits to the mercy of God, but anyone who deliberately refuses to accept his mercy by repenting, rejects the forgiveness of his sins and the salvation offered by the Holy Spirit. [137] Such hardness of heart can lead to final impenitence and eternal loss.
 
Ron_Conte said:
from the catechism

1864 “Whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin.” [136] There are no limits to the mercy of God, but anyone who deliberately refuses to accept his mercy by repenting, rejects the forgiveness of his sins and the salvation offered by the Holy Spirit. [137] Such hardness of heart can lead to final impenitence and eternal loss.
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So if I am reading this right, the Church’s official interpretation of those passages is that blasphemy of the Holy Spirit is final impenitence? :confused:
 
One priest (Father bill halbing) I heard speak on this sin said “if your worried you have commited it you have not becuse if you had you would not care”. My understanding of it is seeing a good work done by god and calling it evil.
 
Holly3278 said:
What is blasphemy of the Holy Spirit as mentioned in the following verses?:

Mar 3:29 DRB But he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost, shall never have forgiveness, but shall be guilty of an everlasting sin.

Luk 12:10 DRB And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but to him that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven.
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The next question that would come to mind is this:

Why is only blasphemy against the against the Holy Spirit not forgivable when the Father, Son and Holy Spirit are supposed to be co-equal and all alike according to the Trinitarian doctrine?
 
Mailman said:
The next question that would come to mind is this:

Why is only blasphemy against the against the Holy Spirit not forgivable when the Father, Son and Holy Spirit are supposed to be co-equal and all alike according to the Trinitarian doctrine?
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Because it is the spirit of the Father. No bible writer teaches that the Father and Son are co-equal, let alone all three.
 
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