Question — Noldin, Summa of Moral Theology
Question Second. On the Distinction of Sins.
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A threefold distinction of sins must be noted: theological, specific, and numerical. Sins differ theologically from a diverse relation to the ultimate end; specifically, from the moral object into which the human will is borne; numerically, from the moral multiplicity of acts and objects. But these things must now be explained more accurately.