The threatened punishment of the world "by means of war, famine, persecutions of the Church and of the Holy Father" is a far more general prophetic warning that has only been partially fulfilled. The Catechism of the Catholic Church: The punishments of sin 1472 To understand this doctrine and practice of the Church, it is necessary to understand that sin has a double consequence. Because we live in a world governed by natural laws, we should start with the presumption that any natural evil, whether personal and communal, is a byproduct of those laws and not a specific punishment for sin. (**NOTE – David was forgiven for his sin, but STILL had to pay the penalty for that sin, the death of his son.
Through our baptism, we share a new life in the Lord. .
However, we believe if the sin is very serious, then we may have severed the bond with Christ completely, and as such our soul would be in danger of hell. For it has been wisely observed that sin is its own punishment. A sin of commission is a positive act contrary to some prohibitory precept; a sin of omission is a failure to do what is commanded. Manichaeism with its two eternal principles, good and evil, at perpetual war with each other, is also destructive of the true notion of sin. He could have used a plenary indulgence here).
Exodus 21:23-25 But if there is serious injury, you are to take life for life, eye for an eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, burn for burn, wound for wound, bruise for bruise. Without end. Temporal punishment is God's method of loving discipline: "Do not disdain the discipline of the Lord . However venial sin does not break the covenant with God. And I was also taught that the only way to Heaven is through Jesus Christ! . Actually, the punishment for sin, that we surely do receive, is self-inflicted. Thus, eternal. There is no sin for them, unless it be the sin of ignorance, no necessity for an atonement; Jesus is not God (see GNOSTICISM).
1863 Venial sin weakens charity; it manifests a disordered affection for created goods; it impedes the soul's progress in the exercise of the virtues and the practice of the moral good; it merits temporal punishment. Eternal punishment for sin is that punishment which is everlasting. Moreover, Jesus suffered, died, and rose to free us from sin and give us the promise of everlasting life.
A mortal sin (Latin: peccatum mortale), in Catholic theology, is a gravely sinful act, which can lead to damnation if a person does not repent of the sin before death. Catholic authorities justify the right of the State to inflict capital punishment on the ground that the State does not act on its own authority but as the agent of God, who is supreme lord of life and death.