![]() ![]() results in the loss of charity and the privation of sanctifying grace, that is, of the state of grace. CCC 1861 says it well: “Mortal sin is a radical possibility of human freedom, as is love itself.” Without freedom there is no real love as we understand it. Man has been gifted with the incredible gift of being free to either accept or reject God and God’s plan for him. He did not create us as robots that can only “choose” the good. In his infinite wisdom, God deigned to create man with the immeasurable dignity of a free, rational, spiritual, and therefore, immortal soul. Let’s look at the latter statement first.
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