Invincible Ignorance?

[The_Catholic]

I know this has probaly been covered countless times but what exactly is invincible ignorance? Is it the fact that one who hears the Truth of God but does not have his ears open by God so therefore he doesn’t believe it BECAUSE of ignorance and not pride, but if God were to tell Him then he would have no trouble accepting it?

 

[MariaG]

The Catholic:

I know this has probaly been covered countless times but what exactly is invincible ignorance? Is it the fact that one who hears the Truth of God but does not have his ears open by God so therefore he doesn’t believe it BECAUSE of ignorance and not pride, but if God were to tell Him then he would have no trouble accepting it?

You should read the whole section on erroneous judgment, but this on is specifically about invincible ignorance. It is fairly short, but too long (longer than 3 paragraphs) to post the whole thing.

IV. ERRONEOUS JUDGMENT

1793 If - on the contrary - the ignorance is invincible, or the moral subject is not responsible for his erroneous judgment, the evil committed by the person cannot be imputed to him. It remains no less an evil, a privation, a disorder. One must therefore work to correct the errors of moral conscience.