mortal sin
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an unpardonable sin entailing a total loss of grace
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theologians list seven mortal sins
Calumny is a mortal sin, but it can be clarified and one can come to know that it is a calumny.
Theologians once considered suicide a mortal sin for which one did not have the chance to repent, and those who committed it were denied a Catholic burial, Father Alar said.
However, those who die in unrepented mortal sin go to hell.
The Catholic Catechism says: God predestines no one to go to hell, for this, a willful turning away from God (a mortal sin) is necessary, and persistence in it until the end."
Fornication is also sex between two unmarried people, which is also a mortal sin.