Theological Theses · §1277 · Louis Le Blanc de Beaulieu

Becanus: three ways mortal sin differs from venial, closing the Roman part

Becanus closes Prior: mortal alone wars also with the law’s end, and always perfectly, against precepts needful to salvation.

Deliberate venials lack that same threefold alignment—so the Roman map of mortal vs venial ends here before the Protestant Pars Posterior.

Latin

XXXI. Unde colligit peccatum veniale & peccatum mortale non esse eodem modo contra legem. Primo, quia mortale est ita contra legem, ut sit etiam contra finem legis; non item veniale. Secundo, quia omne mortale est perfecte contra legem; multa venialia imperfecte. Tertio, quia omnia mortalia sunt contra legem aliquam, quae simpliciter necessaria est ad salutem; venialia deliberata non item.

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