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''Q. Is  original  sin  the  only  kind  of  sin? ''

''A. Original  sin  is  not  the  only  kind  of  sin; there  is another  kind  of  sin,  which  we  commit  ourselves,  called actual  sin. ''

No man  is  without  sin. Many individuals  in  the pride of  their  hearts  imagine  themselves  free  from sin, because  they  do  not  steal,  or  murder,  or commit  any  crime  for  which  society  would  condemn them. Once, in  the  presence  of  others,  a gentleman said to  the  parish  priest: ‘‘  I never  go  to  confession. Father; I really have  no  sins  to  confess.”  ‘‘Since you never  commit  sin,  you  belong  to  the  exceptions,” the father  replied. “To what  exceptions  do  I belong? Do you  count  me  with  the  saints? ” the man  inquired. He left  the  priest  no  peace  until  told  what was meant,  but  first  he  had  to  give  his  word  of honor  that  he  would  not  take  offense  at  the  answer. Then the  priest  said: “ I will  tell  you  who  are  the people who  never  sin: children  who  have  not attained the  age  of  reason,  and  idiots,  or  madmen who have  lost  their  reason.”  After  this  nothing more was  said  on  religious  topics. Seeing that  man is as  frail  spiritually  as  he  is  corporally,  no  one  can possibly venture  to  assert  that  he  is  without  sin.