The Fall

1. The Fall Original Sin and its Aftermath

2. What is “The Fall” • Forbidden to eat from the Tree of the knowledge of good and evil. • Serpent states the opposite • Man and woman eat the fruit • They realize they are naked • Blame each other • Consequences follow

3. The Fall • The original sin • The first humans give in to the temptation of evil in the garden and disobey God • Misuse of God’s gift of freedom and choice • Lack of trust • Tried to be God, without God • Results of this action: • Loss of Original Holiness • Loss of relationship with God • Loss of Original Justice • Loss of harmony between man and woman, humans and nature • Suffering and death enter the world • Following generations are born with original sin • *Concupiscence is a by product of original sin • Hope of redemption • God promises to send someone to crush evil • Protoevangelium (Gen. 3:15) * An inclination toward sin.

4. God Helps Us • Natural Law • Inner understanding of what is good and what is evil • Conscience • Inner voice that warns us when we are leaning toward evil. We must form a good conscience • Intellect/ reasoning • Gift of God to all humans to be able to reason before taking action • Free Will • The ability to choose to take an action- It enables us to take responsibility for our actions.

5. Concupiscence • Sin continues • Cain and Abel • Sin multiplies • Noah • Sin becomes societal • Tower of Babel

6. Sin Any deliberate offense, in thought, word , deed or *omission, against the will of God. *what you did not do

7. Sin • Capital Sins • Seven practices or attitudes that are the roots of all sin • Original Sin • Sin committed by the first humans, inherited by their descendants. We are not personally responsible for this sin. Baptism washes away this sin (and all other sins) • Personal Sin • Sin we ourselves are personally responsible for • Venial • Mortal • Social Sin • Sin that is committed by society by allowing sinful or immoral behavior • Slavery • Abortion ( sins against the right to life) • Institutionalized poverty • Discrimination

8. Personal Sin • Mortal • Serious offense that breaks our relationship with God • Serious matter • The action or behavior must be of a serious nature • Knowledge • You must have knowledge of the seriousness of the action or nature • Consent • You must give your full consent or okay to the action • Venial • Less serious sin; dangerous since repetition can lead to mortal sin • It weakens our relationship with God

9. Capital Sins • Pride • Believing you are better than others, often resulting in despising or disrespecting other people • Wrath • Strong anger that makes us want to seek revenge and/ or prevents reconciliation • Lust • Undisciplined, unchecked desire for self-enjoyment, especially of a sexual nature • Envy • Resentment that we direct at others who have some success, thing, or privilege that we want for ourselves • Avarice • Greediness; hoarding money or material things • Gluttony • Excessive eating or drinking • Sloth • Habitual laziness; failing to make every effort and take action

10. Development of Sin • Begins with the first sin • Original Sin • Continues with the sin of Cain • Personal sin • Multiplies as humans multiply until it reaches great evil • Represented in the story of Noah • Increases to include whole societies • Social sin, in the account of the “Tower of Babel” • Throughout, God remains faithful and loving

11. Satan & the Fallen Angels • Since the original sin the human race is involved in a spiritual battle between good and evil • Evil is urged on by Satan, the evil one • Prince of Liars • Angels who followed him were expelled from heaven along with him. • Cannot force us to do anything • After the final judgment he will be cast into Hell forever • Jesus has already won the battle through his Passion, Death, Resurrection and Ascension. • Whose side will you be on?