Chruches Position on Anger

[THE_ENCORE]

Hey CAF, I am wondering what the main position on anger when it comes to the gravity of the sin itself.

I know extreme anger is a mortal sin(such as thoughts of killing someone or hurting them severely.) but, what is the churches position on just general anger.

heres an analogy in a normal like teenager situation(sports)

Ok, so lets say(As this happens to me time to time) you are playing hockey. And you have a large bench(4 lines) and u finally get your chance to play!, your out there for a solid 10 seconds get a nice shot on net and almost score and your ready to put one home. As this happens though you notice the next line gets on the ice(and the coach is talking to someone else so you know it wasn’t a coaching decision) so the anger inside of you builds up. you end up having kinda a fit on your teammates( telling them to (insert curse word) off the ice and such) and then when your on the bench ur just really angry so u start complaining about the way the other players are playing and you are using quite vulgar language. At this time you release whats coming out of your mouth so you stop and feel guilty.

so to the question, would a case like this be considered a grave matter?(you didn’t think about killing or injuring or doing anything against someone you were just kinda mad because you felt cheated) and would you consider this mortal sin?

Thanks and I am interested to see your responses,

The Encore

 

[Bookcat]

(not addressing a particular event (did not read the details)–but giving general info–one has to judge ones anger and a confessor too can help)

2302 By recalling the commandment, “You shall not kill,” our Lord asked for peace of heart and denounced murderous anger and hatred as immoral.

Anger is a desire for revenge. “To desire vengeance in order to do evil to someone who should be punished is illicit,” but it is praiseworthy to impose restitution “to correct vices and maintain justice.” If anger reaches the point of a deliberate desire to kill or seriously wound a neighbor, it is gravely against charity; it is a mortal sin. The Lord says, “Everyone who is angry with his brother shall be liable to judgment.”

The Catechism quote gives the basics above (the CCC of course is not meant to be exhaustive)…(there is even “Just Anger” like that of Jesus in the Temple!)

…other things one could note is when it leads to serious injustice or serious scandal …or hatred of God etc or to consenting to such…

Also In terms of immoderate outbursts…such can often be venial sin…though if a person were to deliberately go into such a rage that it they can be considered to have lost their reason…then it is a different story.

I imagine more could be said …

As to when one commits a mortal sin in general:

Compendium --issued by Pope Benedict XVI

1. When does one commit a mortal sin?

1855-1861
1874

One commits a mortal sin when there are simultaneously present: grave matter, full knowledge, and deliberate consent. This sin destroys charity in us, deprives us of sanctifying grace, and, if unrepented, leads us to the eternal death of hell. It can be forgiven in the ordinary way by means of the sacraments of Baptism and of Penance or Reconciliation.

1. When does one commit a venial sin?

1862-1864
1875

One commits a venial sin, which is essentially different from a mortal sin, when the matter involved is less serious or, even if it is grave, when full knowledge or complete consent are absent. Venial sin does not break the covenant with God but it weakens charity and manifests a disordered affection for created goods. It impedes the progress of a soul in the exercise of the virtues and in the practice of moral good. It merits temporal punishment which purifies.

vatican.va/archive/compendium_ccc/documents/archive_2005_compendium-ccc_en.html

 

[ahs]

There is a diffrence between the emotion “anger” that God gave us as a signal and what we do with it. Anger lets us know when someting is not right, when there is some injustice or the like. What we do in response to that anger is where sin may or may not be involved.

In the example you gave, the person initially feels angry because of an injustice. He is being cheated out of play-time. He becomes angry, and rightly so. Where he goes wrong is in how he handles it. The proper thing to do would be to approach the caoch and let him know what happened and how he feels about it. He could also approach the other player after the game and discuss it. But dwelling on the matter is feeding the desire for revenge and taking his anger out on the team is misplacing repsonsibility and subjecting innocent persons to anger that should be directed to one or two specific people (in a healthy way).

 

[THE_ENCORE]

There is a diffrence between the emotion “anger” that God gave us as a signal and what we do with it. Anger lets us know when someting is not right, when there is some injustice or the like. What we do in response to that anger is where sin may or may not be involved.

In the example you gave, the person initially feels angry because of an injustice. He is being cheated out of play-time. He becomes angry, and rightly so. Where he goes wrong is in how he handles it. The proper thing to do would be to approach the caoch and let him know what happened and how he feels about it. He could also approach the other player after the game and discuss it. But dwelling on the matter is feeding the desire for revenge and taking his anger out on the team is misplacing repsonsibility and subjecting innocent persons to anger that should be directed to one or two specific people (in a healthy way).

This is a really good answer, thanks.

 

[englishredrose]

I don’t know the anglican church position on anger but do know that the priest we have now has been great with me in confession and when I talk to him though for me its more internal anger but he don’t seem to consider it a sin when I’ve tried to confess things which he actually knows far more about of me because of the way I talk to him than I do, so I have to take his word for it. I don’t know the official stance whether its different from how he is with me in confession. thats all i have to go on.