Roman doctors: three senses of ‘venial’—from cause, event, or nature

Roman School usage splits ‘venial’ three ways: by cause, by event, and by the sin’s own nature.

Sins of ignorance or weakness can still be mortal, yet are called venial insofar as something softens guilt and draws nearer to pardon.

Latin

I. Observant Doctores Ecclesiae Romanae peccatum veniale triplici modo dici, vel a causa, vel ab eventu, vel ex ipsa natura & ratione peccati. Peccatum veniale a causa vocant peccatum quod ex ignorantia, vel ex infirmitate committitur. Quod genus peccati non dicitur veniale, ut distinguatur contra quodcunque mortale; sed contra peccatum mortale ex malitia. Tametsi enim peccata ex ignorantia, vel ex infirmitate saepe sint mere mortalia, tamen dicuntur omnia venialia, quia est in eis aliquid imminuens culpae pravitatem, & ratione cujus is qui peccavit vicinior est indulgentiae. De quo genere peccati loquitur Apostolus, quum ait, Qui blasphemus, & contumeliosus, & persecutor fui; sed misericordiam consecutus sum, quia ignorans feci in incredulitate. 1 Tim. 1.

About this text

Louis Le Blanc de Beaulieu - Sedan Theological Theses, newly rendered from the 1675 London Latin. Covers De Theologia through Angelorum & Hominum Sanctorum Cultu Romana I-LXXVII and Pars Secunda (Reformata) I-XL. Not the collected folio.

English follows locked Pitt Latin through Imaginum CLOSED + Sanctorum Cultu Romana CLOSED + Pars Secunda Reformata I-XL. 1675 PDF ~384-390 (book ~370-376); Vision OCR + pdftotext + tess. No modern English. This slice densifies Sanctorum Pars Secunda I-XL. Next: Pars Secunda XLI–fin (~CI). Claim stays claimed (book densify not done).

Catalogue & scope

ESTC R17887; Wing L802. IA bub_gb_eOkHAW4G0-wC (+ EEBO 1675 for gap leaves). Densify through Sanctorum Cultu Romana I-LXXVII + Pars Secunda Reformata I-XL (Pars Secunda not closed; not whole folio).

Witnesses

Copy-text Locked Latin, De Theologia I-XLIII (Pitt 1675) (Latin)
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Copy-text Locked Latin, De Fide I-XXII (Pitt 1675) (Latin)
Copy-text Locked Latin, De Authoritate Scripturae Pars I I-XLVII + Pars II I-XXXV + Pars III I-VIII (Pitt 1675) (Latin)
Copy-text Locked Latin, De Scripturae plenitudine densify (Pitt 1675) (Latin)

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