What term describes a grave sin that is freely chosen and fully rejects God's love?

• A. Venial Sin
• B. Grave Sin
• C. Mortal Sin
• D. Original Sin

Answer: (C)

Sins are looked at by how serious they are and what the person understands and intends at the moment of acting. A mortal sin is described as being a grave matter, committed with full knowledge of its wrongness, and with deliberate consent. When someone makes a fully informed and voluntary choice to commit such an act, they are turning away from God’s love and breaking their relationship with Him. That combination—seriousness, awareness, and free choice—shows why this type of sin is considered mortal: it fully rejects God's love and, if not repented, harms the soul.

Venial sins are less serious and do not sever the relationship with God in the same way. Original sin is not an act but the fallen state inherited from Adam and Eve. The precise term for a grave sin freely chosen that rejects God’s love is mortal sin.