While the Bible only refers to specific acts by Biblical characters as "crying to Heaven for Vengeance", in Western Christianity, these references are expanded upon and treated as establishing a category of particularly serious sins. Along with the seven deadly sins and the eternal sins, the sins that cry to Heaven for Vengeance are the most serious transgressions against the Law of Christ.

“Behold, the wages you withheld from the workers who harvested your fields are crying aloud, and the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts” (James 5:4)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sins_that_cry_to_Heaven_for_Vengeance

The entire chapter is actually just warning rich people that their day will come eventually, but the specific part about wages is a sin seriously enough to warrant god’s wrath

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=James+5&version=NIV

  • Theblarglereflargle [any]
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    2 years ago

    Catholic social teaching says the state has a positive moral role to play as no society will achieve a just and equitable distribution of resources with a totally free market and also says that Catholics must fight for redistribution of wealth, preferential treatment for the poor, and universal healthcare.

    But you’ll never hear any Catholic ever being that up