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venial
(redirected from venially)

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I love Augustine, but it's hard to deny that this argument finds support in some of his more unfortunate reflections on sexuality (original sin as a sexually transmitted disease; sex even within marriage is venially sinful; the birth of a baby associated with excretion, etc.
Stealing a candy bar, for example, may be judged venially sinful because of its relative parvity of matter.
 
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