What is grave matter?

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I know that grave matter is necessary for a sin to be mortally sinful, but how do I know what constitutes grave matter? The Chuch does not have a list of mortal sins, but does she have a list of grave matter?
 
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1858 Grave matter is specified by the Ten Commandments, corresponding to the answer of Jesus to the rich young man: "Do not kill, Do not commit adultery, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Do not defraud, Honor your father and your mother."132 The gravity of sins is more or less great: murder is graver than theft. One must also take into account who is wronged: violence against parents is in itself graver than violence against a stranger.



It can be a number of things…but you certainly know alot of them…murder…adultry…lust…major theft …purjury…worship of idols or false gods…lust
etc

if you go here

scborromeo.org/ccc.htm

and then search the term “grave” you will find a number of examples…
 
I am new here and read this artilce and agree with this artilce.Thanks to talking us aobut htis artilce.Where are the mortal sins in the bible?

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There are three fonts of morality:
  1. intention
  2. moral object
  3. consequences
An act is gravely immoral if any one or more of the fonts is gravely contrary to the love of God, and the love of one’s neighbor as one’s self.

When any one font is gravely disordered, the act is objectively a mortal sin; in other words, the matter is grave. Even if the other two fonts are good, one gravely disordered font is sufficient to make the act an objective mortal sin.

If the intention is gravely contrary to love of God and neighbor, then the matter is grave.

If the moral object is gravely contrary to love of God and neighbor, then the matter is grave.

In the consequences, if the reasonably anticipated bad consequences gravely outweigh the reasonably anticipated good consequences, then the matter is grave.
 
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