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- The First Commandment, “You shall Worship the Lord Your God and Him only Shall You Serve” Idolatry—Idolatry is the worship, veneration or belief in false gods.
- The Second Commandment, “You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain” Blasphemy—This grave sin is the uttering of hatred, reproach, defiance or speaking ill of God.
- The Third Commandment, “Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy” Deliberate failure of the Sunday obligation—The Christian Sunday (the Lord’s Day) celebrates the new life of the world born in Christ’s Resurrection.
- The Fourth Commandment, “Honor thy father and mother.” This commandment obliges the faithful to show respect for their parents — as children and adults.
- Contraception, IVF and Abortion. Most readers here know that abortion is murder. But many Catholics do not know that contraception (in marriage or out of marriage) is a mortal sin.
- Masturbation and/or Pornography, before marriage or within marriage. Some saints have pointed out that sins which exacted physical death in the Old Covenant (Judaism) are frequently the sins that cause spiritual death in the New Testament (Catholicism.)
- Immodesty, Including Wearing Leggings and Short Shorts. I could quote countless saints here, but the most succinct description is what the Mother of God said at Fatima: “Certain fashions will be introduced that will offend Our Lord very much.”—
- Before marriage, making-out or anything more passionate than that. St. Thomas Aquinas writes: “I answer that a thing is said to be a mortal works. One may sin in two ways.
1855 Mortal sin destroys charity in the heart of man by a grave violation of God’s law; it turns man away from God, who is his ultimate end and his beatitude, by preferring an inferior good to him.
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All sin is an offense against God and a rejection of his perfect love and justice. Yet, Jesus makes a distinction between two types of sins. We call the most serious and grave sins, mortal sins. Mortal sins destroy the grace of God in the heart of the sinner.
Mortal sins for Christians are the next: heresy, schism, blasphemy, apostasy, witchery, despair, suicide, fornication, adultery, unnatural carnal sins, [b] incest, drunkenness, sacrilege, murder, theft, robbery, and every cruel and brutal injury.
3 days ago · Learn what are the mortal sins that are contrary to the Ten Commandments and how to avoid them. This web page provides a general list of mortal sins with their definitions and examples, based on the Catechism of the Catholic Church.
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The distinction between mortal and venial sin, already evident in Scrip- ture, 129 became part of the tradition of the Church. It is corroborated by human experience. 1855 Mortal sin destroys charity in the heart of man by a grave violation of God’s law; it turns man away from God, who is his ultimate end and his beatitude, by preferring an ...
