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	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Sin
		The temptations of the flesh not consented to are not sins.
		Venial sin may also be found in the superior reason when it deliberately consents to sins that are venial in their nature, or when there is not a full consent in the case of a sin that is mortal considered objectively.
		Venial sin is only in an imperfect way contrary to the law, since it is not contrary to the primary end of the law, nor does it avert man from the end intended by the law.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/14004b.htm (8294 words)

	Does the Bible teach mortal and venial sin?
		Venial sin weakens charity; it manifests a disordered affection for created goods; it impedes the soul’s progress in the exercise of virtues and practice of moral good; it merits temporal punishment.
		Venial sin may be a violation of the Ten Commandments or a sin of a lesser nature, but it is committed unintentionally and/or without full consent.
		Whereas the concepts of mortal and venial sin place responsibility to gain God’s forgiveness for a given transgression in the hand’s of the offender, the Bible teaches that all sins of the believer are forgiven at the cross of Christ.
	www.gotquestions.org /mortal-sin-venial.html (2362 words)

	Sin \| Catholic-Pages.com
		Why and to what degree is sin a serious matter in the offense it commits against God and in its effects on man? The church has a teaching on this matter which she reaffirms in its essential elements, while recognizing that is not always easy in concrete situations to define clear and exact limits.
		In defining and distinguishing between mortal and venial sins, St. Thomas and the theology of sin that has its source in him could not be unaware of the biblical reference and therefore of the concept of spiritual death.
		Sin, in the proper sense, is always a personal act, since it is an act of freedom on the part of an individual person and not properly of a group or community.
	www.catholic-pages.com /morality/sin.asp (4094 words)

	What is a Mortal Sin?
		The gravity of this sin is measured by the truth it perverts, the circumstances, intentions of the liar and harm done to the victims (CCC 2484).
		Lust, a sin and vice of the flesh, is often a difficult vice to overcome.
		Venial sins will not destroy grace in the soul, and will not directly cause a person who dies in the state of venial sin to lose the promise of heaven.
	www.saintaquinas.com /mortal_sin.html (3841 words)

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		Internal Sins That sin may be committed not only by outward deeds but also by the inner activity of the mind apart from any external manifestation, is plain from the precept of the Decalogue: "Thou shalt not covet", and from Christ's rebuke of the scribes and pharisees whom he likens to "whited sepulchres...
		The Capital Sins or Vices According to St. Thomas (II-II:153:4) "a capital vice is that which has an exceedingly desirable end so that in his desire for it a man goes on to the commission of many sins all of which are said to originate in that vice as their chief source".
		The punishments of the future life are proportioned to the sin committed, and it is the obligation of undergoing this punishment for unrepented sin that is signified by the "reatus poena" of the theologians.
	www.ewtn.com /library/DOCTRINE/CESIN.TXT (8196 words)

	Venial Sin
		Because venial sin is not so terrible an evil as mortal sin, it must not therefore be looked upon as no evil at all, or as a slight evil.
		What is venial in a man would be of necessity a mortal sin in an angel (if angels could sin at all), because of the fuller knowledge of God and clearer insight into the springs and motives of their actions that angels possess.
		Venial sin, then, is of such a nature that it fully deserves those heavy inflictions which lie upon souls in purgatory in consequence of their faults.
	www.marysyellowstone.com /klaus/venialsin.htm (1086 words)

	Sin
		Besides being a sin against the seventh commandment, cheating on a school exam can also be a sin against charity, because the cheater exposes himself to possible expulsion or other public penalties, causing harm to his reputation and that of his family.
		Venial sins of theft, when restitution is not made in this world, will be expiated in purgatory after death by the thief.
		Certain mortal sins are especially heinous and these are listed as "crying to heaven for vengeance." They are: willful murder of the innocent, sodomy, oppressing widows, orphans, or the poor, and cheating workers and laborers of their just wages.
	www.dioceseoflincoln.org /purple/sin/index.htm (1070 words)

	On Venial and Mortal Sin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The distinction between mortal and venial sin, already evident in Scripture, became part of the tradition of the Church.
		Therefore, the father's sin is venial in that while it does not destroy charity within his heart, it nevertheless harms it.
		First, it states there are three conditions under which a sin is mortal, and secondly, it states all three conditions must be met for the sin to be mortal.
	www.tcrnews2.com /gensin2.html (1731 words)

	My Catholic Faith - Chapter 23 - Venial Sin
		We are prone to look upon venial sin as of no consequence, and to be careless about guarding against it, forgetting that it is second only in evil consequences to mortal sin.
		When a mirror is dusty, it cannot reflect the image clearly; similarly the mirror of the soul, when dusty with venial sin, cannot reflect the light of grace and justice.
		God will not bestow his blessings and graces on one whose soul is disfigured by venial sin, as a distinguished personage is not expected to embrace a man who is disfigured by a skin disease.
	truecatholic.bizland.com /MyCatholicFaith/mcfc023.htm (1195 words)

	Daily Meditation from "Divine Intimacy": Catholic-Pages.com
		In this sense, venial sin may be compared to a disease of insidious languor, a kind of spiritual tuberculosis, which undermines the organism slowly but fatally.
		It lacks the fervor of clarity, for this is continually being lessened by deliberate concessions to venial sin.
		As to deliberate venial sins, we should be firmly resolved not to commit them for anything in the world.
	www.catholic-pages.com /prayers/101.asp (922 words)

	Venial and mortal sin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		This sin is called mortal because it deprives of spiritual life and brings everlasting death and damnation on the soul.
		Venial sin is a slight offense against the law of God in matters of less importance, or in matters of great importance it is an offense committed without sufficient reflection or full consent of the will.
		But the sin of which John speaks is one of such a serious character that he cannot even ask his hearers to pray for one who is guilty of it.
	www.justforcatholics.org /a159.htm (1028 words)

	Venial Sin
		According to the Catechism of the Catholic Church (1994), venial sins are considered to be less offensive to God than mortal sins.
		Venial sins are offenses committed out of ignorance or without full intent to harm.
		To repair these sins the Catechism states that the perpetrator must do individual acts of charity, but does not have to confess the venial sin to a priest.
	www.whateverycatholicshouldknow.com /wecsk/sin_venial.htm (642 words)

	Catechism of the Catholic Church - PART 3 SECTION 1 CHAPTER 1 ARTICLE 8
		1853 Sins can be distinguished according to their objects, as can every human act; or according to the virtues they oppose, by excess or defect; or according to the commandments they violate.
		The root of sin is in the heart of man, in his free will, according to the teaching of the Lord: "For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, fornication, theft, false witness, slander.
		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.
	www.scborromeo.org /ccc/p3s1c1a8.htm (1894 words)

	Mortal and Venial Sin James McCarthy
		We commit a venial sin (one which can be forgiven outside confession) whenever we transgress a commandment of God either in a matter which is not so serious, or without full knowledge, or without full consent of the will.
		He taught that the sin of anger brings the same punishment as the sin of murder (Matthew 5:21-22), and the sin of lust the same penalty as the sin of adultery (Matthew 5:27-30).
		A baptized Catholic who does not commit a mortal sin remains in a state of grace even if he is habitually guilty of a multitude of venial sins.
	www.reachingcatholics.org /mortal.html (2110 words)

	EIPS - SIN (98-107)
		Mortal sin is a thorough violation of God's commandments with full knowledge and deliberation, and venial sin is either a slight infringement of the law or it may be in some cases a great violation of the law but rendered slight through want of knowledge, deliberation or freedom.
		Venial sin is said to merit only temporal punishment in this world and in purgatory.
		Other venial sins are those that are of a trivial nature, such as the theft of a pin, an apple, a farthing or a vain word or jesting lie that hurts nobody.
	www.ianpaisley.org /answers.asp?bible8.htm (554 words)

	Venial sin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		According to Roman Catholicism, a venial sin (meaning "forgivable" sin) is a lesser sin which does not result in a complete separation from God and eternal damnation in Hell.
		Each venial sin that one commits adds to the penance that one must do.
		The New Testament distinguishes between sin three different ways: venial sins (although not called such), sins "that lead to death" (1 John 5:16-17) (Mortal sins) and the unforgivable sin, blasphemy against the Holy Spirit (Mark 3:28-29).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Venial_sin (255 words)

	Summa Theologica I-II, 88, 2: Do venial sin and mortal sin differ generically?
		Now either mortal or venial sin may be committed in regard to any object or matter: since man can love any mutable good, either less than God, which may be a venial sin, or more than God, which is a mortal sin.
		For as regards the first two, it is evident that they have no determinate genus: whereas venial sin, taken in the third sense, can have a determinate genus, so that one sin may be venial generically, and another generically mortal, according as the genus or species of an act is determined by its object.
		Hence it belongs to the genus of some sins, which are of themselves contrary to charity, that something is loved more than God; so that they are mortal by reason of their genus.
	people.uvawise.edu /philosophy/PHIL110/Aquinas25.html (668 words)

	Frequently Asked Questions about defining Mortal and Venial Sins in the Catholic Church
		Sin is thus 'love of oneself even to contempt of God.' In this proud self- exaltation, sin is diametrically opposed to the obedience of Jesus, which achieves our salvation.
		The root of sin is in the heart of man, in his free will, according to the teaching of the Lord: "For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, fornication, theft, false witness, slander.
		However venial sin does not set us in direct opposition to the will and friendship of God; it does not break the covenant with God.
	www.catholicdoors.com /faq/qu06.htm (1754 words)

	Mortal and venial sin debate - Catholic Answers Forums (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		So, there is a sin that leads to death, and there is a sin that does not lead to death.
		So, I'll agree with Patty [Patty is my gf who also holds that all sin is equal], that in the long run, sin that leads to death is the human condition, and all sin is the same, with the end result in view.
		But the gf who says all sin is the same, and he who says, so the face is dirty but the dirt can be wiped off - are relying on Jesus to cleanse them after death but before they enter into His kingdom.
	forums.catholic.com /showthread.php?t=114301 (2613 words)

	Mortal vs. Venial Sin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		All wrongdoing is sin, but there is sin which is not mortal.
		Everyone agrees that all sin is barred from heaven, but again, that is future for us, not present, and this is precisely why purgatory is such a merciful, necessary doctrine.
		John says he shall give him life for them that sin not unto death, but Protestants say "all sin leads to spiritual death," and that all sins are equal in God's eyes.
	ic.net /~erasmus/RAZ278.HTM (359 words)

	Mortal versus Venial Sin
		A serious, grave or mortal sin is the knowing and willful violation of God's law in a serious matter, for example, idolatry, adultery, murder, slander.
		Mortal sin is called mortal because it is the "spiritual" death of the soul (separation from God).
		In the Old Covenant there were sins that merited the death penalty and sins that could be expiated by an offering.
	www.ewtn.com /expert/answers/mortal_versus_venial.htm (461 words)

	No Cookie \| Seven Venial Sins
		Like the mortal sins, these venial sins are easy to fix.
		The theological term "venial" means "forgivable", and these practices can be forgiven by browsers (and by visitors)...but it is this space's belief that they should be avoided.
		Helvetica seems to be the most popular vehicle of this sin, and Helvetica is not a very readable font; entire pages of on-screen Helvetica are a strain even at high print resolution, let alone on a screen.
	www.jaedworks.com /shoebox/no-cookie/venial-sins.html (2046 words)

	Actual sin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		According to Christian tradition, "actual" sin as distinguished from original sin is an act contrary to the will and law of God whether by doing evil (sin of commission) or refraining from doing good (sin of omission).
		A mortal sin is mortally harmful to the soul.
		They are called capital sins not because they are the greatest sins, but because they are the main reasons that people commit sins.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Actual_sin (375 words)

	Venial Sin
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