User:Ramsabeoulve/sandbox

Venial Sin Revision
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. Where mortal sin deliberately goes against the Ten commandments given by God with full consent, a venial sin consists in acting as one should not — without actual incompatibility with the state of grace that a mortal sin implies. Venial sin does not break one's friendship with God, but injure it.


 * Brings in the definition of what "grave matter" is, as one would have to go to another article and to yet another article to have it properly explained otherwise. A simple nudge of the definition does wonders for the clarity, I feel.

ORIGINAL: 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. 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. The definition of the word "venial" is "forgivable". An act, when it is not directed towards that which is good, is considered to be sinful – either venially or mortally. When such an act is venially sinful, it may entail subject-matter that is not considered to be "grave", as according to the Ten Commandments.


 * Fixes an error: the writing implies venial sin does not touch grave matter, however a venial sin CAN include grave matter, it simply cannot check all boxes of being grave, intentional, and with full knowledge and consent. Venial sin MAY contain grave matter or it may not, it does not exist only outside of grave matters. Consider a grave matter like murder: if accidental, such as a misfiring gun. This was without intent or consent and would likely not be a grave sin.

ORIGINAL: The definition of the word "venial" is "forgivable". An act, when it is not ordered towards that which is good, is considered to be sinful – either venially or mortally. When such an act is venially sinful, it entails subject-matter that is not considered to be "grave".