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You can read in the Catechism regarding mortal and venial sin and the difference between them. Confer with your priest if you are unsure whether a sin is mortal or venial.
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forums.catholic.com/showthread.php?t=212982
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In keeping with the Catholic Catechism, there are two major categories of sin: mortal and venial. The first, mortal, is the far more serious type of sin. A mortal sin committed by a baptized Catholic removes the person from a "state of grace" and subjects ... How to tell the difference between mortal and venial sins.
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www.ehow.com/about_5084472_catholic-sins.html
www.ehow.com/about_5084472_catholic-sins.html
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1854 Sins are rightly evaluated according to their gravity. The distinction between mortal and venial sin, already evident in Scripture,[129] became part of the tradition of the Church. It is corroborated by human experience.
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www.christusrex.org/www1/CDHN/gravity.html
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Mortal and Venial Sin 1. What are the types of actual sin? ~ Mortal: a serious offence against God that kills the soul and deserves hell ; ~ Venial: weakens the soul and displeases God (often leading to mortal sin);
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www.memorare.com/cards/sinmvcard.html
www.memorare.com/cards/sinmvcard.html
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"There are venial sins and there are mortal sins. It is one thing to owe ten thousand talents, another to owe ... If we entreat for lesser sins we are granted pardon, but for greater sins, it is difficult to obtain our request. There is a great difference between one sin and another" (Against Jovinian 2:30 [A.D. 393]).
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www.catholic.com/library/Mortal_Sin.asp
www.catholic.com/library/Mortal_Sin.asp
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Many supposed "theological differences" between Catholics and Evangelicals are, I think, founded in semantics rather than in substantial disagreement. For example, when I was an Evangelical one of the periodic arguments I ran acro...
http://www.holyspiritinteractive.net/columns/markshea/s...
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A moral evil ... The division of sin into original and actual, mortal and venial, is not a division of genus into species because sin has not the same signification when applied to original and personal sin, mortal and venial. Mortal sin cuts us off entirely from our true last end;
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www.newadvent.org/cathen/14004b.htm
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for so to do would be to sin wilfully, which would change the sin from venial to mortal; but that we may be the more ... In this respect--that they sinned against partial, not complete, evidence--consists the difference between [R1986 : page 123] their sin and the sin of Judas,* by which his and not theirs was mortal sin.
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www.biblestudents.com/htdbv5/r1983b.htm
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1 John 5:16-17 - If anyone sees his brother sinning, if the sin is not deadly, he should pray to God and he will give him life. This is only for those whose sin is not deadly. There is such a thing as deadly sin, about which I do not say th...
http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/1115207
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