Venial sin

According to Catholicism and Lutheranism, 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]

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

[ccc1863-1] Catechism of the Catholic Church (2nd ed.). Libreria Editrice Vaticana. 2019. Paragraph 1863.

[2] "Venial Sin". Dictionary.com.

[Pieper1950-3] Cite error: The named reference Pieper1950 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[4] Donovan, Colin. "Mortal verses Venial Sin". EWTN.

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