What sins are grave sins?

[Future_Prodigy]

Basically im looking for the hierarchy of sins. I want to know what sins are venial and what ones are grave (becoming mortal if it fulfils the 3 requirments).

 

[1962Missal]

Catechism of the Catholic Church 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.” 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.

 

[Tomster]

Basically im looking for the hierarchy of sins. I want to know what sins are venial and what ones are grave (becoming mortal if it fulfils the 3 requirments).

Th eternal law directs rational creatures towards their last end and perfection in God. It is a union which will reach its final consummation in the vision of God face to face, and in this life consists in the mutual love between God and the soul, charity, the bond of perfection (1 Corinthians 3:14). The end of the law, therefore, is God, to be loved by the rational creature as his sovereign good, to whom every created good must be subordinated. Hence follows this important consequence: willfully to disobey that law is to prefer some created finite satisfaction to the infinite uncreated good which is God. To disobey God’s law is to show by one’s actions that God’s will and good pleasure are not the predominant motive of one’s life. He who sins grievously implicitly declares: " I know that by this action I am forfeiting God’s friendship; nevertheless I do it." What else is this than to prefer the creature to the Creator, one’s own gratification to the express will of God, self love to the love of God? “The end of the commandment is charity” (1 Timothy 1:5).

 

[Fidelis]

Basically im looking for the hierarchy of sins. I want to know what sins are venial and what ones are grave (becoming mortal if it fulfils the 3 requirments).

If you’re looking for a definitive “laundry list”, you won’t find one. The gravity of any particular sin should be determined by the criteria previous posters have given.

If you are in doubt as to the gravity of any particular sin you have commited, consult with your confessor.

 

[Tomster]

Basically im looking for the hierarchy of sins. I want to know what sins are venial and what ones are grave (becoming mortal if it fulfils the 3 requirments).

The two fold element in every mortal sin, namely the rejection of God and adherence to creatures, inevitably coincides in one act of the human will. Self love and self gratification in the forbidden enjoyment of creatures is the direct and immediate object of the will. The rejection of God is willed indirectly as involved in the choice of a sinful object. Theoretically the sinner may admit that the self indulgence which he contemplates is shameful, that it is unworthy of a rational creature’s desire, and that God’s friendship is the only good infinitely desirable. Yet, in practice, he acts as though he regarded that self indulgence as more desirable than God’s friendship, since, in order to enjoy the creature, he is willing to forfeit the love of the Creator. By directly choosing the enjoyment of some created good known to be mortally sinful, the sinner elects to disturb the moral order of God to the extent of losing the divine friendship. He does not want to turn from God, some will say. He does so in turning to a creature, and he does so as deliberately as he who desiring to turn his face to the east thereby turns his back to the west.

“They said, reasoning with themselves: The time of our life is short and tedious . . . and no man has been known to return from hell . . . Come therefore, and let us enjoy the good things that are present . . . let us fill ourselves with costly wine . . . let us oppress the poor just man, and not spare the widow . . . let our strength be the law of justice . . . These things they thought, and were deceived: for their own malice blinded them, and they knew not the secrets of God.” (Wisdom 2)