Venial sin

According to Catholicism, a venial sin is a lesser sin that does not result in a complete separation from God and eternal damnation in Hell as an unrepented mortal sin would.[1][2][3] A venial sin consists in acting as one should not, without the actual incompatibility with the state of grace that a mortal sin implies; they do not break one's friendship with God, but injure it.[4]

  1. ^ Catechism of the Catholic Church (2nd ed.). Libreria Editrice Vaticana. 2019. Paragraph 1863.
  2. ^ "Venial Sin". Dictionary.com.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Pieper1950 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Donovan, Colin. "Mortal verses Venial Sin". EWTN.