Social Sin

SOCIAL SIN
WHEN EVERYONE MAKES A SELFISH

CHOICE
WHEN A PERSON SINS, DOES
HE ALSO IN SOME WAY
AFFECT OR DO HARM TO THE
SOCIETY?
SOCIAL ASPECT OF SIN
A PERSONS SIN AFFECTS HIS/HER
FELLOW HUMAN BEINGS AND THEIR
RELATIONSHIPS IN TWO WAYS:
DIRECTLY BY CAUSING HARM TO THEM
AND INDIRECTLY BY DEPRIVING THEM
OF THE GIFT HE COULD HAVE BEEN TO
OTHER HUMAN BEINGS
SOCIAL ASPECT OF SIN
Social sin is committed when

sins power affects others and
directly attack 1)Human Rights
and 2) Basic Freedoms, 3)
Human Dignity, 4) Justice and 5)
Common Good
PERSONAL SIN VS.
SOCIAL SIN
INDIVIDUAL SIN IS A SELFISH CHOICE
MADE BY ONE PERSON WHICH HAS
DESTRUCTIVE
CONSEQUENCESFLOWING
IMMEDIATELY, DIRECTLY AND NEAR-
EXCLUSIVELYFROM THE CHOICE.
SOCIAL SIN IS THE RESULT OF
THOUSANDS OR EVEN MILLIONS OF
DIFFERENT SELFISH CHOICES BY AS
MANY DIFFERENT PEOPLE.
ARE WE STILL RESPONSIBLE FOR
SINS COMMITTED BY OTHERS?
1. WHEN WE COOPERATE IN THEM BY

PARTICIPATING DIRECTLY AND VOLUNTARILY
WITH THEM;
2. ORDERING, ADVISING, PRAISING, OR
APPROVING THEM;
3. NOT DISCLOSING OR NOT HINDERING THEM
WHEN WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO DO SO;
4. PROTECTING EVILDOERS
SEVEN SOCIAL SINS B
Y MAHATMA GANDHI
1.POLITICS WITHOUT PRINCIPLE.
2.WEALTH WITHOUT WORK.
3.PLEASURE WITHOUT CONSCIENCE.
4.KNOWLEDGE WITHOUT CHARACTER.
5.COMMERCE WITHOUT MORALITY.
6.SCIENCE WITHOUT HUMANITY.
7.WORSHIP WITHOUT SACRIFICE.
WHAT ARE SOCIAL
STRUCTURES
SOCIAL STRUCTURE IS COMPOSED OF:
SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS
PATTERNS OF INSTITUTIONALIZED
RELATIONSHIPS,
THE SOCIAL NETWORKS THAT CONNECT US
THE INTERACTIONS THAT FILL OUR
EVERYDAY LIVES.
BY NICKI LISA COLE, PH.D.
SOCIAL STRUCTURE OF
THE PHILIPPINE
SOCIETY
THERE IS NO JUSTICE,
THEREFORE, IS IT A SOCIAL SIN?
P 191,000
P 1,857,000
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STRUCTURES OF SIN
SINS GIVE RISE TO SOCIAL SITUATIONS AND
INSTITUTIONS THAT ARE CONTRARY TO THE
DIVINE GOODNESS.
STRUCTURES OF SIN ARE THE EXPRESSION
AND EFFECT OF PERSONAL SINS. PERSONAL
SINS CONSTITUTE A SOCIAL SIN
BY COMMITTING PERSONAL OR PRIVATE SINS
WE DIRTY & STAIN THE SOCIETY WHICH
SHOULD BE CLEAN
STRUCTURES OF SIN
Structures or situations can be
described as SINFUL when they
reflect, reinforce or even
encourage personal sins. They
make it harder to do what is right
and good and easier to choose
another path.
Ex. Poverty and our socio-political situation.

THE PROLIFERATION OF
SIN
SIN CREATES A PROCLIVITY TO COMMIT SIN
SIN TENDS TO PRODUCE ITSELF AND
REINFORCE ITSELF
7 CAPITAL SINS ENGENDER OTHER SINS AND
OTHER VICES: PRIDE, AVARICE, ENVY, WRATH,
LUST, GLUTTONY, SLOTH OR ACEDIA
INORDINATE
CONSUMERISM
CHARITY
GRADATIONS OF SIN
SINS CAN BE MORTAL SIN IF THE SINNER
HAS SEPARATED HIMSELF FROM GOD IN A
SINFUL ACT AND LOST THE DIVINE LIFE OF
GRACE
OR VENIAL SIN IF HE HAS ONLY DIMINISHED
THE FORCE OF DIVINE LIFE IN HIMSELF
WITHOUT CAUSING ITS LOSS.
SINS CAN BE GRAVE OR LIGHT IN VIEW OF
THE DETRIMENT CAUSED IN THE OBJECTIVE
ORDER TO THE REALIZATION OF THE
ULTIMATE GOAL.
All wrongdoing is sin, but there is
sin which is not mortal (1 Jn. 5:17).
WHAT IS MORTAL SIN?
MORTAL SIN IS A DELIBERATE REVERSAL OF OUR OPTION
TO BE FOR GOD AND FOR OTHERS. IT EXISTS WHEN A
PERSON KNOWINGLY AND WILLINGLY, FOR WHATEVER
REASON, CHOOSES SOMETHING GRAVELY DISORDERED.
ONE COMMITS A MORTAL SIN WHEN:
1. THERE IS FULL KNOWLEDGE OR AWARENESS OF THE
WRONG CHOICE,
2. THE GRAVITY OR SERIOUSNESS OF THE OBJECT OF THE
ACT (GRAVE MATTER),
3. THERE IS FULL AND DELIBERATE CONSENT OF THE FREE
WILL TO CHOOSE A MORALLY WRONG DECISION THAT IS
SO INTENSE THAT IT GIVES A WRONG ORIENTATION TO A
PERSONS ENTIRE LIFE.
GRAVE SIN
a serious offense resulting from

a certain weakness, be it a
deficient sense of value or a
lack of moral strength.
VENIAL SIN
VENIAL SIN is a morally wrong option

aggravated by lack of clear insight or
insufficient awareness of the consequence
involved in a sinful act, or by the
imperfect consent of the will
One commits sin in a less serious matter and
without full knowledge and consent
TYPES OF SIN
SIN OF COMMISSION Done
through the performance of an
action that is evil
SIN OF OMISSION done
through the non-performance of
a good action that must be done
WHAT IS
CONCUPISCENCE?
Concupiscence is the
orientation, inclination or innate
tendency of human beings to
long for fleshly appetites, often
associated with a desire to do
things which are forbidden.
CONVERSION AND
RECONCILIATION
METANOIA IS A CHANGE OF HEART WHICH IMPLIES
TOTAL RECONCILIATION, BOTH PERSONAL AND
COMMUNITARIAN
GOD SENT HIS ONLY SON INTO THE WORLD, SO
THAT WE MIGHT LIVE THROUGH HIM. IN THIS
LOVE, NOT THAT WE LOVED GOD BUT THAT HE
LOVED US AND SENT HIS SON TO BE THE
EXPIATION FOR OUR SINS. BELOVED, IF GOD SO
LOVED US, WE ALSO OUGHT TO LOVE ONE
ANOTHER (1 JN. 4:9-11)
CONVERSION: AN ONGOING
PROCESS OF TRANSFORMATION
CONVERSION CALLS US TO THE
RIGHT PATH AND TO CORRECT
NUMEROUS SHORTCOMINGS AND
IMPERFECTIONS (ROM 6:12)
CONVERSION NEEDS SACRIFICE AND
LABORIOUS EFFORT FOR THE
SALVATION OF HUMANITY
CONVERSION PRESUPPOSES
THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS:
1. HUMBLE ADMISSION OF SIN AND
GUILT
2. READINESS FOR THE EFFORTS OF
MORE RENEWAL
3. OPENNESS FOR THE GIFT OF GRACE
4. THE SACRAMENTAL ENACTMENT
AND REALIZATION OF CONVERSION
MERCY AND SIN
GOD CREATED US WITHOUT US: BUT
HE DID NOT WILL TO SAVE US
WITHOUT US ST. AUGUSTINE
TO RECEIVE GODS MERCY WE MUST
ADMIT OUR FAULTS
1 JN 1:8-9- WE HAVE TO ADMIT AND
CONFESS OUR SINS

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SOCIAL SIN

WHEN EVERYONE MAKES A SELFISH

Social sin is committed when

1. WHEN WE COOPERATE IN THEM BY

Ex. Poverty and our socio-political situation.

a serious offense resulting from

VENIAL SIN is a morally wrong option

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