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is it a mortal sin if a student one day break the rule of a school rule not to bring cell phone to the class, by bringing his/her cell phone to the class?
 
In general we should obey all rules and all laws that those who are in authority (teachers, parents, government) impose - as long as they don’t require us to sin in order to obey them!

So as a general thing yes, you should obey the school rules and not bring your cell phone to class. I don’t really think it’d be a MORTAL sin if you did so, it’s not as serious as cheating on a test or anything, but it might be a lesser sin.

There may be some exceptions - if a relative is desperately ill and you need to be informed if they get worse or some similarly urgent situation.

In such a situation you should tell your teacher or whoever first, and get their permission to keep the phone - so that you wouldn’t be actually breaking the rules at all.

And of course don’t abuse the privilege if they do permit it - ONLY use the phone for such legitimate emergencies and keep it on silent/vibrate mode so you cause minimum disruption to everyone else.
 
thanks. another question related to the main problem (the cell phone)

i read from this site http://72.14.235.132/search?q=cache:idjjribq4f4J:cafetheology.org/2008/08/27/fun-faith-filled-facts-9-missing-sunday-mass-is-a-mortal-sin-and-so-is/+“school+rules”+%26+“mortal+sin”&hl=id&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=id

another mortal sins / sins need to be confessed: (one of them is) intentional breaking of school rules

so, what kind of breaking would be a mortal sin?
if it (the cell phone) is venial, are we still need to confess it?
 
As it is of such concern to you it would be wise for you to confess this, in any case we should confess venial sins. If we disobey in one way and let ourselves off, then we’ll disobey in other ways. Bringing your cell-phone certainly doesn’t fall into the same category as bringing a knife of a weapon to school or college, but you clearly realise it’s not right to disobey school rules, which exist for some purpose whaih the teachers think important.
 
additional detail: i use my friend’s cell phone (at that situation) to order a meal delivery from a fast-food restaurant to the school. note that the school canteen still opened.

just to confirm your opinion(s): is that a mortal sin?

(some **internet **references says that: intentional breaking of school rules (googling) is one of mortal sin.)
 
LawrenceRomanov said:
additional detail: i use my friend’s cell phone (at that situation) to order a meal delivery from a fast-food restaurant to the school. note that the school canteen still opened.

just to confirm your opinion(s): is that a mortal sin?

(some **internet **references says that: intentional breaking of school rules (googling) is one of mortal sin.)
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I teach, and I hope that students doing things like texting in class aren’t mortal sins! If so, a good number of students I’ve taught are in some serious trouble …
I think, though I’m not completely positive, that it’s venial.
Moreover, one could make an argument that the rule is unjust - certainly, as long as students keep their phones off and don’t abuse them, they should have the right to have them. But then I tend to be one of those people who are pretty nuts about making sure students have certain rights :).
 
LawrenceRomanov said:
is it a mortal sin if a student one day break the rule of a school rule not to bring cell phone to the class, by bringing his/her cell phone to the class?
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Beyond each rule there is the “spirit” of the rule. You have to understand the spirit of the rule in order to see if it is just or not.
In the case of cell phone I think that is sinful to break the rule to call for pizza.

However, sometime you have a natural right and possibly an obligation to break rules. This is why we need to really understand the teachings of the Church and to properly form our conscience.
 
Remember, a mortal sin is one that is:

  1. *]Serious in nature
    *]Done with full knowledge
    *]Done with full will (aka, not forced)

    The second and third attributes apply, but I don’t think bringing a cell phone to school is a serious offense.
 
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