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Objection 1: It would seem that a mortal sin can become venial.
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Therefore his will be a venial sin; and accordingly a mortal sin can become venial.
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Therefore also a mortal sin can become venial.
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All things become venial, under a government too weak to repress plunder or to punish corruption.
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(6) Whether a mortal sin can become venial?
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"All things," says Malmesbury, " became venial in England; and churches and abbeys were no longer secretly but even publicly exposed to sale."