| Wherefore in the original state Adam would not have sinned venially, as was stated. |
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| Envy can be mortally or venially sinful according to its degree of gravity and, as a capital sin, it leads to other sins. |
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| It was at best only venially sinful for procreative purposes within marriage. |
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| Stealing a candy bar, for example, may be judged venially sinful because of its relative parvity of matter. |
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| In modern terminology, they would sin venially by doing so, but only venially. |
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| And a person may sin venially by the inversion of the Hours, The obligation binds sub veniali only. |
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