Who agrees with this? Is this correct information?

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Mortal Sin
mission.liguori.org/newsletters/pdf_archive/november2005sa_web.pdf
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Just go to the source:

a mortal sin, as distinct from a venial sin, must meet all of the following conditions at the same time:
  • Its subject must be a grave (or serious) matter.
  • It must be committed with full knowledge, both of the sin and of the gravity of the offense (no one is considered ignorant of the principles of the moral law, which are inborn as part of human knowledge, but these principles can be misunderstood in a particular context).
  • It must be committed with deliberate and complete consent, enough for it to have been a personal decision to commit the sin.
 
As is often the case I find today in the Chruch the main problem with it that I can see is what it does not say, it fails to mention culpable ignorance, and so leaves the reader with the impression that ignorance, as well as been bliss is a guard against all mortal sin, in which case we would be better off if there never was a Church to teach us anything.

However that is not the case, ignorance in itself can be a mortal sin according to, among others, St. Thomas Aquinas.
 
you were not quite honest as the article in question is addressed to those who battle scrupulosity and should be judged in the light of their needs, not as a general catechesis on the topic of mortal sin. Yes the advice as given in the newsletter is a good guide for the scrupulous. Their questions are usually not general as in, what makes a mortal sin, but in applying the general conditions to their own situations and often magnified or distorted views of their own motives and actions.
 
this article is a guide for those who suffer from scrupulosity. it should not be criticized on a forum but taken up with one’s regular confessor. and i do agree with the article. and it is correct. the person who brought it up may have scrupulosity and is seeking reassurance by posting it on here. I know this because i suffered immensely from scrupulosity and would do the same type of things. St. Alphonsus Liguori, a doctor of the church, whom this wonderful organization is named after, suffered from scrupulosity very bad.
 
A lot of these type articles are too abstract or have an agenda. Sometimes they give obvious solutions, like adultery is a mortal sin, and that’s fine. But what if the would-be adulterous affair is stopped short by outside circumstances? Where exactly is the line between mortal and venial sins? Who decides whether stealing $100 from an old lady is venial or mortal and who decides whether committing fraud against the bank to pocket $10,000 for oneself is? Who decides if gossip is serious enough to have to be confessed at the time we do it? Do we have to wait until it gets published in order to realize the severity of the sin?

There is the possibility of being over-scrupulous and it’s painful to be in that position. But do we want to go the other way and say unless we know for 100% sure that it is mortal, we are in the perfect state of sanctifying grace?

I’ll agree with the poster on the ignorance matter. There is also the state of denial, which I feel is important too.
 
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