Concerning unforgivable sins

[Jp2.0]

I’m basically wondering why these sins can’t be forgiven. Like let’s take for instance believing that the Holy Spirit can’t forgive your sin because you think that it is to great a sin to be forgiven, so if you suddenly start believing that the Holy Spirit CAN forgive you, would that mean that no matter what you do you are still going to be eternally damned? Or another example would be impugning the known truth. If you know what you did is wrong to God and want to repent you just flat out can’t because once it happened no second chances. And what if you didn’t know it was a sin to begin with, are you still accountable?

 

[Lea101]

Forgivable. They meant the sins that prevent you from seeking repentance when you die. If you repent, you’re forgiven.

 

[Benadam]

you know what you did is wrong to God and want to repent you just flat out can’t because once it happened no second chances.

Why no second chances? Can I assume this is a case of suicide?

If you really are repentant with perfect contrition, it’s because you are accepting God’s grace. God can make the time.

 

[Arwing]

From what I understand “unforgivable” sins are not one-time things, but rather ongoing mindsets. Carrying on unrepentant unto death for instance is a continuous act of denial of the Lord’s mercy.

If someone realized their error and repented, God would forgive them. They would only be accountable further in the form of temporal punishment.

As for someone who didn’t know it was a sin, in general there would not be full accountability but certain laws are written into one’s conscience, so to speak-- surely someone who knows God knows to trust in His mercy.

 

[RedDuke]

I don’t think those are unforgivable sins. The only unforgivable sin I know of is blasphemy against the Holy Ghost which is when you die unrepentant. This sin obviously can’t be forgiven because it’s committed when you die, and sins aren’t forgiven after death.

 

[Vico]

I’m basically wondering why these sins can’t be forgiven. Like let’s take for instance believing that the Holy Spirit can’t forgive your sin because you think that it is to great a sin to be forgiven, so if you suddenly start believing that the Holy Spirit CAN forgive you, would that mean that no matter what you do you are still going to be eternally damned? Or another example would be impugning the known truth. If you know what you did is wrong to God and want to repent you just flat out can’t because once it happened no second chances. And what if you didn’t know it was a sin to begin with, are you still accountable?

Dominum et Vivificantem, Encyclical Letter on the Holy Spirit, no. 46, St. Pope John Paul II:

“According to such an exegesis, ‘blasphemy’ does not properly consist in offending against the Holy Spirit in words; it consists rather in the refusal to accept the salvation which God offers to man through the Holy Spirit, working through the power of the Cross” .

Also see Catechism no. 1864., and:

1 Despair (Catechism, no. 1817),
2 Presumption (Catechism, no. 2092),
3 Impenitence or a firm determination not to repent (Catechism, nos. 1430-33),
4 Obstinacy (Catechism, nos. 1430-33),
5 Resisting divine truth known to be such (Catechism, no. 2089),
6 Envy of another’s spiritual welfare (Catechism, no. 2538).

http://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM

 

[Jp2.0]

Thanks for the knowledge and the understanding I was just a little confused about it

 

[Mary888]

Like let’s take for instance believing that the Holy Spirit can’t forgive your sin because you think that it is to great a sin to be forgiven

The Holy Spirit is not a figment of our imagination. This is why confessing, listening, obedience are so important. We don’t necessarily know what He says just from our own thoughts. But we need ordaines as in holied people to help us discern what He is saying. Neoprotestants like the Pentecostals believe that confession to anyone is a valid sacrament. Provided it happens within the congregations. We do not believe it is always enough. As a general rule, this hasn’t been proven true often enough to make it a rule. This is my logic of the Church teachings nothing official dis me if I am off. We need a priest someone with Apostolic ascendancy or spiritual hierarchy. This man despite his own personal ideas or perception of what you’ve done has received the invisible crown of the gift of the Holy Spirit as it was given to the Apostles at Pentecost. What he says is not his opinion of it. This is why your own perception of your desperation simply isn’t enough. When the Church scares people of judging themselves, whatever misgivings the priest and the Church may have, the intent is honestly good and loving. I regard the marking of desperation as a sin against the Holy Spirit as a shepherd-like type of iconomy. To make one doubt before one damns one’s self.
Please correct if I am wrong.