THANK YOU for finding me the reference about the penalty, - I finally found it and it’s the parts in bold
that helps A LOT with my second question
now I just have to figure out about the heresy lol. I’ll speak to a priest when I go to Confession as well, I’m not trying to figure this out alone and I do ask priests, but I go through a lot of anxiety over it unfortunately as well.
TITLE III: THOSE WHO ARE LIABLE TO PENAL SANCTIONS (Cann. 1321 - 1330)
Can. 1321 §1 No one can be punished for the commission of an external violation of a law or precept unless it is gravely imputable by reason of malice or of culpability.
§2 **A person who deliberately violated a law or precept is bound by the penalty prescribed in that law or precept. If, however, the violation was due to the omission of due diligence, the person is not punished unless the law or precept provides otherwise. **§3 Where there has been an external violation, imputability is presumed, unless it appears otherwise.
Can. 1322 Those who habitually lack the use of reason, even though they appeared sane when they violated a law or precept, are deemed incapable of committing an offence.
Can. 1323 No one is liable to a penalty who, when violating a law or precept:
1° has not completed the sixteenth year of age;
2° was, without fault, ignorant of violating the law or precept; inadvertence and error are equivalent to ignorance **[but I thought this is talking about something else: being ignorant of it being sinful, not being ignorant of it having a penalty]**3° acted under physical force, or under the impetus of a chanceoccurrence which the person could not foresee or if foreseen could not avoid;
4°
acted under the compulsion of grave fear *, even if only relative, or by reason of necessity or grave inconvenience, unless, however, the act is intrinsically evil or tends to be harmful to souls;
5° acted, within the limits of due moderation, in lawful self-defence or defence of another against an unjust aggressor;
6° lacked the use of reason, without prejudice to the provisions of cann. 1324, §1, n. 2 and 1325;
7° thought, through no personal fault, that some one of the circumstances existed which are mentioned in nn. 4 or 5.
Can. 1324 §1 The perpretrator of a violation is not exempted from penalty, but the penalty prescribed in the law or precept must be diminished, or a penance substituted in its place, if the offence was committed by:
1° one who had only an imperfect use of reason;
2° one who was lacking the use of reason because of culpable drunkenness or other mental disturbance of a similar kind;
3° one who acted in the heat of passion which, while serious, nevertheless did not precede or hinder all mental deliberation and consent of the will, provided that the passion itself had not been deliberately stimulated or nourished
4° a minor who has completed the sixteenth year of age;
5° one who was compelled by grave fear, even if only relative, or byreason of necessity or grave inconvenience, if the act is intrinsically evil or tends to be harmful to souls;
6° one who acted in lawful self-defence or defence of another against an unjust aggressor, but did not observe due moderation;
7° one who acted against another person who was gravely and unjustly provocative;
8° one who erroneously, but culpably, thought that some one of the circumstances existed which are mentioned in Can. 1323, nn. 4 or 5;
**9° one who through no personal fault was unaware that a penalty was attached to the law or precept; **
10° one who acted without full imputability, provided it remained grave.
Okay so I wouldn’t say that I was ignorant of the penalty out of my own fault, because I never thought such a penalty might even exist. I thought you just needed to go to Confession. (I mean about Canon 1365… not about heresy). It says that the penalty could be lessened, so I guess I need to talk to a priest about that, I think in my diocese cause then he can talk to my bishop if necessary
I hope this gets finally solved soon and I need to make sure I never make the same mistake again. (in the case of my second question, I sinned against communicatio in sacris, a while ago… then I found out about the penalty a few weeks ago)*
this was mostly in my mind btw, I didn’t really talk about it till after.
and unfortunately the more I think about it, the more worried I get, that’s why I ask so I could just get some information lol.;
regarding the other one, I’ll mention it in Confession and see if ignorance applies to me.