Question: What is venial sin?
Answer: Venial sin is a slight offense against the law of God in matters of less importance, or in matters of great importance it is an offense committed without sufficient reflection or full consent of the will.
This is Question 57 of the Baltimore Catechism, a work in the public domain.
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