Does the catechism go against the bible?

[Mr.Phoenix]

1035 Immediately after death the souls of those who die in a state of mortal sin descend into hell.

So what happened to Jesus’ mercy? Are they saying that if you commit a mortal sin, was sorry, planned to go to confession, got hit by a car and was dying in the road that begging God for his mercy would be pointless? I always believed in his mercy and he visited St Faustina and spoke to her constantly about it so why is the catechism against it? I can understand if it said something about mercy in the same line or the difference between unrepented and sorry souls. Jesus did say whatever you bound on earth is bound is heaven so will he follow church teaching above his mercy? It’s very confusing.

 

[Wesrock]

1035 Immediately after death the souls of those who die in a state of mortal sin descend into hell.

So what happened to Jesus’ mercy? Are they saying that if you commit a mortal sin, was sorry, planned to go to confession, got hit by a car and was dying in the road that begging God for his mercy would be pointless?

No.

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[BenjaminJ]

If you are in mortal sin and mean to go to confession but didnt get the chance to, then you will be forgiven if you repent before you die. However if you had the chance to go to confession but blew it off for what ever reason that is a different story.

 

[ZMystiCat]

So what happened to Jesus’ mercy?

People in a state of mortal sin rejected it.

Are they saying that if you commit a mortal sin, was sorry, planned to go to confession, got hit by a car and was dying in the road that begging God for his mercy would be pointless?

No. It is possible that the graces of Confession may be given beforehand for those who are truly repentant and wish to reunite with Christ through Confession. Confession is just the normal means for that grace to be given.

I can understand if it said something about mercy in the same line or the difference between unrepented and sorry souls.

CCC 1035 is a paragraph recognizing the reality of hell and how people end up there. Just because mercy isn’t talked about immediately in that paragraph doesn’t mean there aren’t many, many other paragraphs talking about God’s mercy.

 

[LovelyLadybug]

No, absolutely not. Protestants misinterpret the Bible and they take it literally. The Bible is not to be taken literally. For example, when God said he created the world in seven days, it doesn’t literally mean seven days.

 

[JanR]

No, absolutely not. Protestants misinterpret the Bible and they take it literally. The Bible is not to be taken literally. For example, when God said he created the world in seven days, it doesn’t literally mean seven days.

The Bible is expressed as poetry – and poetry consists of metaphor, symbolism, analogy and other literary techniques.

A Jesuit priest once noted that the six days of creation were actually six evolutionary periods, each of several million years (by our time measurements). That coincides with evolution, which the Catechism notes is the “how” of creation, that is, creation is unfolding and evolving over the ages, and continues to do so and will continue to do so until this world ends.

I have a couple of the older versions of the Catechism, but I can’t imagine the newer versions saying anything different, but maybe just adding to it.

 

[Metis1]

Protestants misinterpret the Bible and they take it literally.

That’s mainly just the fundamentalist Protestants that do that, whereas mainline Protestantism tends to not believe in Biblical inerrancy…

 

[TheLittleLady]

God is not about “gotcha”.

This question comes up often on the internet, and in real life discussion.

First, understand that mortal sin is a sin that you commit of your free will, knowing it is mortal, knowing it puts you outside friendship with God. If a person does commit a mortal sin and they make an act of contrition, God judges them based on His reading of their heart.

God is both justice and mercy.

A person who has rejected God through unrepentant mortal sin does not want to be with God after they die, they chose to sever the relationship.

St Faustina’s writings are private revelations, not doctrine.