Religion- Ch. 3 & 4

the freedom to decide when and how to act

• free will
• sin
• temptation
• mortal sin

a thought, word, or action against God's law

• free will
• sin
• temptation
• omission

an attraction to choose sin

• free will
• sin
• temptation
• omission

very serious sin that breaks a person's friendship with God

• mortal sin
• venial sin
• temptation
• commission

less serious sin that hurts a person's friendship with God

• mortal sin
• venial sin
• temptation
• omission

when people sin and actually do something wrong

• sins of commission
• sins of omission
• social sin

when people sin by not doing something

• sin of comission
• sin of omission
• social sin

happens when people lose sight of the equality of all people and disregard their human dignity

• sin of commission
• sin of omission
• social sin

the ability to know the difference between good and evil, right and wrong

• conscience
• the Holy Spirit
• temptation
• communion

the act of determining whether the choices we have made showed love for God, ourselves, and others

• examination of conscience
• prayer
• examination of sin
• reconcilation