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RCIAGraduate
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Yet, we are made for good, to be good and meant to be children to God. And we ought to strive and hope with that in mind (that we are not only His Creation but his children as well).
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JurisPrudens
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Yes, we have an inclination to sin because of the OS. Baptism takes away the general inclination, but the particular ones mostly remain.
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1Lord1Faith
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405* Although it is proper to each individual, original sin does not have the character of a personal fault in any of Adam’s descendants. It is a deprivation of original holiness and justice, but human nature has not been totally corrupted: it is wounded in the natural powers proper to it, subject to ignorance, suffering and the dominion of death, and inclined to sin - an inclination to evil that is called concupiscence". Baptism, by imparting the life of Christ’s grace, erases original sin and turns a man back towards God, but the consequences for nature, weakened and inclined to evil, persist in man and summon him to spiritual battle.
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2520 *Baptism confers on its recipient the grace of purification from all sins. But the baptized must continue to struggle against concupiscence of the flesh and disordered desires. With God’s grace he will prevail
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1264* Yet certain temporal consequences of sin remain in the baptized, such as suffering, illness, death, and such frailties inherent in life as weaknesses of character, and so on, as well as an inclination to sin that Tradition calls concupiscence, or metaphorically, “the tinder for sin” (fomes peccati); since concupiscence “is left for us to wrestle with, it cannot harm those who do not consent but manfully resist it by the grace of Jesus Christ.” Indeed, “an athlete is not crowned unless he competes according to the rules.”
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The CCC says, “an inclination to sin”, not an inclination to evil. I, personally, would agree with the CCC wording. However, describing what the difference is between the two ways of wording it; that’s beyond me.
405* Although it is proper to each individual, original sin does not have the character of a personal fault in any of Adam’s descendants. It is a deprivation of original holiness and justice, but human nature has not been totally corrupted: it is wounded in the natural powers proper to it, subject to ignorance, suffering and the dominion of death, and inclined to sin - an inclination to evil that is called concupiscence". Baptism, by imparting the life of Christ’s grace, erases original sin and turns a man back towards God, but the consequences for nature, weakened and inclined to evil, persist in man and summon him to spiritual battle.
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2520 *Baptism confers on its recipient the grace of purification from all sins. But the baptized must continue to struggle against concupiscence of the flesh and disordered desires. With God’s grace he will prevail
- by the virtue and gift of chastity, for chastity lets us love with upright and undivided heart;
- by purity of intention which consists in seeking the true end of man: with simplicity of vision, the baptized person seeks to find and to fulfill God’s will in everything;313
- by purity of vision, external and internal; by discipline of feelings and imagination; by refusing all complicity in impure thoughts that incline us to turn aside from the path of God’s commandments: “Appearance arouses yearning in fools”;314
- by prayer:
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1264* Yet certain temporal consequences of sin remain in the baptized, such as suffering, illness, death, and such frailties inherent in life as weaknesses of character, and so on, as well as an inclination to sin that Tradition calls concupiscence, or metaphorically, “the tinder for sin” (fomes peccati); since concupiscence “is left for us to wrestle with, it cannot harm those who do not consent but manfully resist it by the grace of Jesus Christ.” Indeed, “an athlete is not crowned unless he competes according to the rules.”
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The CCC says, “an inclination to sin”, not an inclination to evil. I, personally, would agree with the CCC wording. However, describing what the difference is between the two ways of wording it; that’s beyond me.
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mikekle
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There is a reason why sin is so tempting to us, usually sinning ‘feels good’ in some way.
Without our minds and bodies getting these feelings from sin, there would not be much temptation to commit sins in the first place.
Its MUCH harder to abstain from sin, a whole lot easier to just give in…something to think about at least?
Without our minds and bodies getting these feelings from sin, there would not be much temptation to commit sins in the first place.
Its MUCH harder to abstain from sin, a whole lot easier to just give in…something to think about at least?
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Franciscan_Way
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I met with a priest last month and I asked about Mary and her sinless nature. How is possible that as a human being she was sinless? He told me that she was born without original sin. He said that the fact that we are born with original sin gives us the inclination toward sin. I hope this helps a bit. God bless you! 
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