I meant to get back to you sooner on your response to my previous comment.
Here I’ll just offer that it’s not clear that someone who doesn’t believe that sins can be mortal can commit a mortal sin. That something is serious and immoral seems insufficient to create the condition, the person, even if they are Catholic, has to believe that what they propose to do will cut them off from the Divine Life. Or so I have heard from knowledgeable Catholics.
As for your other citations from the Catechism, I don’t see how they can be applied to Protestants without negating the passages in their favor elsewhere. One, or the other must be ultimately true of them and the other false, or not applicable.
Every context of Mortal Sin for Catholics does not necessarily apply to Protestants. For example, receiving the Eucharist in a state of Mortal Sin cannot apply to Protestants since they cannot receive the Eucharist. This also would be a revealed truth, not a natural one.
However, Protestants do believe in mortal sins of Natural Law. For example, if someone claims to be Christian and performs abortions, Protestants will say that the person is not a "true" believer or they were never saved, to begin with. The epistemology may differ between Catholics and particular Protestant sects, but the result is still the same, separation from God.
So you're correct in that some things would not apply consistently, because of the nature of Protestantism not being definable, and secondly, because Mortal sins fall into two categories: issues of disobedience that only apply to Catholics, and issues of disobedience that violate God's natural law.
If Catholicism is true, then the sacrament of penance and the Eucharist -- i.e., Jesus Christ -- is the universal solution to the universal problem. This isn't to say that God does not make exceptions (see thief on the Cross), but if our theology leads to more people getting into Heaven due to their ignorance, than due to their belief and obedience to Christ, then we have misunderstood the Gospel.
I meant to get back to you sooner on your response to my previous comment.
Here I’ll just offer that it’s not clear that someone who doesn’t believe that sins can be mortal can commit a mortal sin. That something is serious and immoral seems insufficient to create the condition, the person, even if they are Catholic, has to believe that what they propose to do will cut them off from the Divine Life. Or so I have heard from knowledgeable Catholics.
As for your other citations from the Catechism, I don’t see how they can be applied to Protestants without negating the passages in their favor elsewhere. One, or the other must be ultimately true of them and the other false, or not applicable.
Every context of Mortal Sin for Catholics does not necessarily apply to Protestants. For example, receiving the Eucharist in a state of Mortal Sin cannot apply to Protestants since they cannot receive the Eucharist. This also would be a revealed truth, not a natural one.
However, Protestants do believe in mortal sins of Natural Law. For example, if someone claims to be Christian and performs abortions, Protestants will say that the person is not a "true" believer or they were never saved, to begin with. The epistemology may differ between Catholics and particular Protestant sects, but the result is still the same, separation from God.
So you're correct in that some things would not apply consistently, because of the nature of Protestantism not being definable, and secondly, because Mortal sins fall into two categories: issues of disobedience that only apply to Catholics, and issues of disobedience that violate God's natural law.
If Catholicism is true, then the sacrament of penance and the Eucharist -- i.e., Jesus Christ -- is the universal solution to the universal problem. This isn't to say that God does not make exceptions (see thief on the Cross), but if our theology leads to more people getting into Heaven due to their ignorance, than due to their belief and obedience to Christ, then we have misunderstood the Gospel.
What's your interpretation, and why does it agree with the Catholic one?😜