A Topic of Moral Theology
The Remission of Venial Sins
How venial sin is remitted, as to guilt and as to punishment.
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are venial sins forgiven in confession · forgiveness of venial sins · how venial sins are forgiven (ed.)
In the index as Venial sin · Fervor · Remission of sins · Act of repenting · Contrition · Penance · Penance as a sacrament · Remission · Sacramentals · Venial
In the manuals
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Summa of Moral Theology (Summa Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. III, Book Fifth. On Penance., Chapter First. On Penance …, Question Fourth. On the re…, Article Third. On the remission of venial sin., nn. ¶1, 243, 244 & 245 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)
Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. II, Bk. III, Tr. V, Diss. I, Pt. III, Section III. On the Remission of Venial Sins, n. 284 — I. No venial sin is remitted while mortal sin remains. For one who remains in divine enmity and does not offer fitting compensation for the grave injury inflicted upon God is unworthy for pardon of a lighter injury to be… Read in context →
Synopsis of Moral and Pastoral Theology
Vol. I, Matrimony, and Holy Orders, On Penance (Volume I), Dogmatic Part — Chapter III: On the Sacrament of Penance Itself, nn. 194, 195, 196 & 197 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)
Summa Theologiae Moralis
Vol. III, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On Penance, Second Part: On the Effect…, Question Two: On the Remission of Venial Sins, nn. ¶1, 457, 458, 459 & 460 (27 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading What Penance forgives — Slater, Manual of Moral Theology · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · The Roman Catechism · Spirago — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)