Is it a sin not to go to church?

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kangnamdragon said:
BTW: 1. I think most of us are smart enough to figure out that the OP meant Sunday Mass.
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If the primary reason why one goes to church is for Sunday Mass, then that is what they will assume it to mean. If one goes to church for other reasons besides Sunday Mass and those equal or exceeds the amount of times one goes to church for Sunday Mass, then “going to church” will have other meanings for them.

If you overheard a conversation in my home and heard someone say that they were going to church and assumed that it was for Sunday Mass, you would be wrong a majority of the time because, as I said above, “going to church” could mean going to Eucharistic devotions, going to confession, going to a rosary service, going to a daily mass, etc.
 
I voted no, but that’s because the actual poll question said: “Is it a sin to go to church?” 😉
 
kangnamdragon said:
Are you a domer?

BTW: 1. I think most of us are smart enough to figure out that the OP meant Sunday Mass.
2. The 12 who voted “no” are not Catholic, unless they did not understand the question. Remember that a lot of Protestants vote in these polls.
3. This should not even be a poll because it is not a matter of opinion. There is a right answer to the question. Polls are for asking people’s opinions, like “What is your favorite ice cream flavour?”
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I actually agree that I think most of us could assume the thread was meant to ask if skipping Sunday Mass was sinful, just trying to make sure that those trying to pick apart the question weren’t going quite deep enough to hit the real question yet anyway.

And yes, I’m a domer working on adding “double” to the name - BA in '05, MTS projected for '08.
 
It is a mortal sin to miss a Sunday Mass.

Why Is It a Mortal Sin to Miss Mass?

Something else to ponder from the Catechism:
1395 By the same charity that it enkindles in us, the Eucharist preserves us from future mortal sins. The more we share the life of Christ and progress in his friendship, the more difficult it is to break away from him by mortal sin. The Eucharist is not ordered to the forgiveness of mortal sins - that is proper to the sacrament of Reconciliation. The Eucharist is properly the sacrament of those who are in full communion with the Church.
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So, if we never go to Mass, or even just on holidays or holy days of obligation, how much more open are we to all forms of mortal sin?! The more we practice anything, the better we become at it.
 
Titus said:
I voted no because of the wording of the question. It says is it a sin to go to church, i didn’t know if the OP had a grand purpose or not, but it’s not my job to 2nd-guess. Probably better to have voted yes i think now, but what the heck. (And boy what a poor poll ppppp, sorry.) Typos of a major nature, including chruch!

It does raise the interesting question of what kind of participation is required to fulfil your obligation? If you read the newsletter throughout mass or stand in the porch looking at the notices or smoking have you fulfilled your obligation? If you arrive after the Gospel have you fulfilled your obligation?
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You have to arrive on time and not leave until the Mass is over. If you miss part of Sunday Mass (like by arriving after the Gospel) then you have to make up the part that you missed by going to another Mass that day to fulfill your obligation entirely. We’re obligated to attend a full Sunday Mass. 🙂
 
Morning_Star15 said:
You have to arrive on time and not leave until the Mass is over. If you miss part of Sunday Mass (like by arriving after the Gospel) then you have to make up the part that you missed by going to another Mass that day to fulfill your obligation entirely. We’re obligated to attend a full Sunday Mass. 🙂
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There is actually no clear answer as to just how much of the Mass you are obligated to be at - intentionally skipping parts of the Mass is wrong, but there is no obligation to go to another Mass later in the day just to catch up to the Kyrie that you missed in good faith. The traditional rule of thumb was that you had to show up before the offertory, but I’m not sure that rested on any authoritative basis.
 
Since the poll question asked if it was a sin to go to church, I voted no. However, it is a sin to miss Sunday Mass.
 
The Church calls it mortal sin but I see nothing in scripture about it, matter of fact scripture states to get behind closed doors and pray alone…
 
johntkd said:
The Church calls it mortal sin but I see nothing in scripture about it, matter of fact scripture states to get behind closed doors and pray alone…
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Nothing in scripture? How about – remember to keep holy the Lord’s Day?
 
Sir_Knight said:
Nothing in scripture? How about – remember to keep holy the Lord’s Day?
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The Church speaks, at least on such issues, with the authority given it by Christ - ‘whatsoever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven’ and ‘he who hears you (the Apostles and their successors) hears me’???

Both the Jews and the earliest Christians certainly properly understood the commandment about honouring the Sabbath as requiring communal worship each and every week - Jesus and the Apostles are recorded numerous times as having attended synagogue or Temple as appropriate.
 
How come the poll’s question says “Is it a sin to go to church”?

it is a sin not to go to church.
 
Morning_Star15 said:
You have to arrive on time and not leave until the Mass is over. If you miss part of Sunday Mass (like by arriving after the Gospel) then you have to make up the part that you missed by going to another Mass that day to fulfill your obligation entirely. We’re obligated to attend a full Sunday Mass. 🙂
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CCL or CCC quotes?
 
Sir_Knight said:
Nothing in scripture? How about – remember to keep holy the Lord’s Day?
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to keep holy can mean many many things,we are told by the bibe to keep god in our hearts as well where do we go in oder to do that? we dont its something that we just do. well same words for the sabbath day to keep it holy, By scripture to keep the “sabbath holy is saturday anyways” so if we are gonna drag Old testament and 10 commandments into this anywas what I was getting at is church law makes it a sin, not scripture to not go to church… I am not telling people to not go,
 
johntkd said:
what I was getting at is church law makes it a sin, not scripture to not go to church
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And scripture tells us that whatever the church binds on earth will be bound in heaven and whatever the church loosens on earth will be loosened in heaven. So when the church says that failure to attend mass on Sundays is a sin, it is backed up by scripture.
 
I did not vote on this poll because it looks like a trap that an anti-Catholic has sprung. Anyway I cannot answer the poll the way it is worded.

The title of the thread is “Is it a sin not to go to church”.

The actuall poll states, “Is it a sin to go to Church”.

There are some anti-Catholic groups that teach their followers it is sin to attend the Mass.

If the issue at stake here is “Is it sinful to miss Mass”, there is no poll needed to be taken for the Church has already answered this question and no one can contradict it.

Yes Virginia, it is still mortal sin to miss Mass on Sundays and Holy Days of obligation unless there exists a GRAVE REASON as to why you cannot attend… like really sick or something of that nature- dangerous roads due to snow, etc.

Ken
 
Sir_Knight said:
And scripture tells us that whatever the church binds on earth will be bound in heaven and whatever the church loosens on earth will be loosened in heaven. So when the church says that failure to attend mass on Sundays is a sin, it is backed up by scripture.
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I do not believe that Man can make up a sin,and scripture does not say the “church” Jesus was talking to Peter when that was said…I believe it went something like this and forgive me I recently moved and bible is still packed away
whatever you bound on earth shall be bound in heaven and whatever you loose shall be loosened in heaven
the key word being YOU not "the church,not the pope not the bishop, etc
 
In Acts 1:15-26 we are told that the first thing Peter does after Jesus ascends into heaven is implement apostolic succession by picking a successor of Judas; and Matthias is ordained with FULL apostolic AUTHORITY. This demonstrates that the authority given to Peter and the other Apostles by Christ was given to their OFFICE. Paul even calls his position a divine “office” in Col 1:25. An office has successors. It does not terminate at death. Or it’s NOT an “office”.

The necessity to have apostolic succession in order for the Church to survive was understood by all. God NEVER said, “I’ll give you leaders with authority for about one generation, but after that you are all on your own.”

We see in numerous place in the bible where we are commanded to obey our church leaders. In order for them to be “leaders”, they must have authority.
 
I think this poll should be closed or rewritten because so many people are not seeing that the OP simply mistyped the poll.
 
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