Temporal effect of sin

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Is it right that Baptism forgives the eternal and temporal effects of sins?
 
I don’t know about eternal - but it does not fix the temporal effects of sin in our lives - in life their are lines that should never be crossed because it changes you forever making it easy to cross the same lines again - once you have committed the sin you are no longer innocent and it becomes easier to commit that sin again and again to the point where some people don’t even recognize them as sin anymore. There is definitely a temporal effect to sin in this life Baptized or not it changes you forever.Its what you do about it and recognizing it for what it truly is that can make a difference but the temporal effect of the sin will always be there in our life time for every sin we commit and to ignore or deny it would be wrong.

These are my own thoughts on it.

Be careful of the lines that you cross in life.
 
No.

Indulgences can though from my limited understanding.
 
According to the CCC 1263 all sins and their consequences (temporal punishments) are wiped away. The Baltimore Catechism states the same also.

1263 By Baptism all sins are forgiven, original sin and all personal sins, as well as all punishment for sin.65 In those who have been reborn nothing remains that would impede their entry into the Kingdom of God, neither Adam’s sin, nor personal sin, nor the consequences of sin, the gravest of which is separation from God.
  1. Q. Are actual sins ever remitted by Baptism?
    A. Actual sins and all the punishment due to them are remitted by Baptism, if the person baptized be guilty of any.
We know that Baptism remits Original Sin. But suppose a person is not baptized till he is twenty-five or thirty years old; he has surely committed some sins since he was seven years of age-the time at which he received the use of reason. Now the question asks, Are all his sins, those he committed himself as well as the Original Sin, forgiven by Baptism? The answer is, Yes. All his sins are forgiven, so that he has not to confess them. But he must be heartily sorry for them and have the firm determination of never committing them again, just as in confession. Moreover, that he may not have to confess these sins, we must be absolutely certain that he was never baptized before. Besides remitting the sins themselves, Baptism remits all the temporal punishment due to them.

In the Sacrament of Penance the sinner is saved from the eternal punishment-that is, Hell-and from part of the temporal punishment. But although the sins have been forgiven, the sinner must make satisfaction to God for the insult offered by his sins.

Therefore, he must suffer punishment in this world or in Purgatory. We call this punishment temporal, because it will not last forever. You can make this satisfaction to God while on earth, and thus avoid much of the temporal punishment by prayers, fasting, gaining indulgences, alms, and good works; and even by bearing your sufferings, trials, and afflictions patiently, and offering them up to God in satisfaction for your sins.

In Baptism both the eternal and temporal debt are washed away; so that if a person just baptized died immediately, he would go directly to Heaven, not to Purgatory: because persons go to Purgatory to pay off the temporal debt. Neither could that person gain an indulgence, because indulgences are only to help us to pay the temporal debt. Neither could that person receive the Sacrament of Penance, because Penance remits only sin committed after Baptism, and that person had no sins to remit, because he died just after receiving Baptism. See, then, the goodness of Our Lord in instituting Baptism, to forgive everything and leave us as free from guilt as our first parents were when God created them.
 
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