Mortal or venial sin? fraternal correction

[Monica4316]

Help me to understand this. You are going to base receiving communion on what an online community comes to? How does that work. If a majority say it is a sin then you won’t receive but if a majority say it is fine you will? How is that a logical solution to your dilemma? Isn’t that asking us to judge culpability on your part.

No no that is not what I asked at all in my original post… . I only asked for information about what St Thomas meant, so that I can think about that more and pray and examine my conscience. Because I wanted to use what he wrote but I don’t understand it.

Specifically I’m referring to this part: newadvent.org/summa/3033.htm There’s a part where he describes when it’s a mortal vs when it’s a venial sin. That’s the part I dont’ understand. My intention for making this thread was to ask about his teaching on the matter.

OK. I’ll play, I don’t like to tell others what is or is not “mortal or venial” But you could possibly have grave matter here, you could not. Best your own conscience comes to the conclusion. Or you could wait until you have a chance to talk to your spiritual director. But an examination of conscience is not a good tool if it amounts to a consensus of strangers on the internet…

I agree… yet that is not what I was getting at

 

[Bonnie]

Specifically I’m referring to this part: newadvent.org/summa/3033.htm There’s a part where he describes when it’s a mortal vs when it’s a venial sin. That’s the part I dont’ understand. My intention for making this thread was to ask about his teaching on the matter.

I may be wrong, but it appears to me that St. Thomas is addressing those in religious orders, not those of us in the world.