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*that they are committing the act

*that the act is evil

If a person is ignorant of one of these two facts, then the type of ignorance becomes important. If the person is intentionally or willfully ignorant, this is known as ''[[vincible ignorance]]'', and the act is still considered a sin. If, however, the person is unintentionally ignorant of one of these two key facts, then they are considered [[Invincible ignorance (Catholic theology)|''invincibly ignorant'']], and have committed an invincible error.<ref>[{{Cite book |last=Mortimer |first=R G |url=http://www.katapi.org.uk/MoralTH/ChVContents-Ch1.htm |title=The Elements of Moral Theology] {{webarchive|urlpublisher=httpsAdam & Charles Black |year=1947 |chapter=V://web.archive.org/web/20060620050432/ CONSCIENCE |chapter-url=http://www.katapi.org.uk/MoralTH/ChVCh5.htm |date=2006-06-20 }}</ref>

==See also==