Did the Church change her teaching about "blasphemy agaisnt the Holy Spirit"?

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The first Christians, as we read in the Didache, thought that:

" And every prophet who speaks in the Spirit you shall neither try nor judge; for every sin shall be forgiven, but this sin shall not be forgiven. "

Today, the Church says every sin can be forgiven and that blasphemy agaisnt the Holy Spirit is “Final Impenitence”.

So, what is going on?
 
This used to really worry my as a youngster. What if I said or did something against the Holy Spirit, even unintentionally?

As I got older, I learned to sort of bypass the thought and hope for the best.
 
That is why I agree more with the catholic teaching, that this is a special sin, that is commited continually with hardened heart, and not just by thinking wrong thoughts or saying wrong things sometimes.

But… when you read the Didache, it seems that the first christians thought there was indeed a sin that could not be forgiven.
This teaching got lost in time, so I am hoping the Holy Spirit guided the Church to the truth.
 
Is it true that God can and does offer forgiveness for any sin? Yes.
Is it also true that a pridefully unrepented sin is not forgiven, despite God’s offering?

I think your answer to this question lies in there somewhere.
 
The Didache does not indicate that if you repent from ‘‘judging the prophet’’ you could be forgiven.
 
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The first Christians, as we read in the Didache, thought that:

" And every prophet who speaks in the Spirit you shall neither try nor judge; for every sin shall be forgiven, but this sin shall not be forgiven. "

Today, the Church says every sin can be forgiven and that blasphemy agaisnt the Holy Spirit is “Final Impenitence”.

So, what is going on?
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From the Haydock Commentary on Matt 12:32 (St. John Chrysostom lives 349-407 A.D.)
S. Chrys. therefore expounds these words, shall not be forgiven them, to imply no more, than shall scarcely, or seldom be forgiven; that is, it is very hard for such sinners to return to God, by a true and sincere repentance and conversion; so that this sentence is like that (Mat. xix. 26.) where Christ seems to call it an impossible thing for a rich man to be saved. In the same place S. Chrys. tells us, that some of those who had blasphemed against the Holy Ghost, repented, and had their sins forgiven them.
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he didnt say it was impossible, he just said it was hard.

about blasphemy agaisnt the holy spirit, he said it will not be forgiven.
 
and this interpretation about ''blasphemy agaisnt the holy Spirit" is a matter of faith and morals or just ‘‘an opinion’’ of the Church?
 
You can’t blaspheme against the Holy Spirit by mistake or by accident. And we are told that any sin may be forgiven.

But you need to repent in order to accept forgiveness. If you adamantly refuse to repent then how can God forgive you?
 
From the CCC:

1864 “Whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin.” 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. Such hardness of heart can lead to final impenitence and eternal loss.

http://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/__P6C.HTM
 
Anyone who hardens his heart in such malice against God’s Holy Spirit that he will not repent has committed the sin.

But this just is the sin of final impenitence.
 
yes. my question was exactly why this is the Church teaching, when the first Christian texts like the Didache said that “judging the prophet when he is speaking in spirit will not be forgiven” Didache Chapter XI for what I remember.
 
Yes, but the first Christians thought this sin was related to ''judging the prophet when he speaks in Spirit", as we read in the Didache.
 
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The first Christians, as we read in the Didache, thought that:

" And every prophet who speaks in the Spirit you shall neither try nor judge; for every sin shall be forgiven, but this sin shall not be forgiven. "

Today, the Church says every sin can be forgiven and that blasphemy agaisnt the Holy Spirit is “Final Impenitence”.

So, what is going on?
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Various teachings are:
  • Athenasius, Hilary, Ambrose, Jerome, Chrysotsom: literally to utter a blasphemy.
  • Augustine: blasphemy is final impenitence.
  • Aquinas: blasphemy is the sin of certain malice.
http://www.newadvent.org/summa/3014.htm

St. Thomas Aquinas wrote in Summa Theologiae on forgivness of mortal and venial sin:
… mortal sin cannot be forgiven so long as the will is attached to sin, so neither can venial sin, because while the cause remains, the effect remains.

Venial sin is never forgiven without some act, explicit or implicit, of the virtue of penance, as stated above (Article 1): it can, however, be forgiven without the sacrament of Penance, which is formally perfected by the priestly absolution …
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http://www.newadvent.org/summa/4087.htm#article1
 
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so, to sum it up: nobody really knows about what is blasphemy agsint the holy spirit, only God.
and what would be sin of certain malice?
 
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No, we have a better understanding of this teaching now.

The Holy Spirit “convicts” us of sin, moves us toward repentance. When someone refuses the Holy Spirit up to and in the moment of death, he/she has committed the unpardonable sin. That is blasphemy against the mercy of God.
 
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so, to sum it up: nobody really knows about what is blasphemy agsint the holy spirit, only God.
and what would be sin of certain malice?
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The Catholic Church has made the decision.

Catechism
1864 Therefore I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven.”1 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.2 Such hardness of heart can lead to final impenitence and eternal loss.
1 Mt 12:31; cf. Mk 3:29; Lk 12:10.
2 Cf. John Paul II, DeV 46.
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In other words, to “blaspheme against the Holy Spirit” is shorthand for actively rejecting the Church, God’s mercy, etc. ?
 
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