Chapter — 1917 Code of Canon Law

Chapter III: Of the Subject of the Sacrament of Penance

Superseded as law in 1983 — read why this Code still matters. Each canon links to its 1983 counterpart.

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Can. 901.

One who after baptism has perpetrated mortal sins which have not yet been directly remitted through the keys of the Church must confess all of which, after diligent examination of himself, he has consciousness, and explain in confession the circumstances which change the species of the sin.

1983 Code correlation: can. 988

Cited by 12 passages

Can. 902.

Sins committed after baptism, whether mortal sins already directly remitted by the power of the keys, or venial sins, are sufficient, but not necessary, matter of the sacrament of penance.

1983 Code correlation: can. 988

Cited by 8 passages

Can. 903.

Those who cannot confess otherwise are not prohibited, if they wish, from confessing through an interpreter, abuses and scandals being guarded against, with the prescription of can. 889, Sec. 2 remaining firm.

1983 Code correlation: can. 990

Cited by 9 passages

Can. 904.

According to the norm of the apostolic constitutions and especially of the constitution of Benedict XIV Sacramentum Poenitentiae, June 1, 1741, the penitent must denounce within a month to the local Ordinary, or to the Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office, a priest guilty of the delict of solicitation in confession; and the confessor must, his conscience being gravely burdened, warn the penitent concerning this burden.

Cited by 38+ passages

Can. 905.

It is open to any faithful person to confess his sins to a legitimately approved confessor, even of another rite, whom he has preferred.

1983 Code correlation: can. 991

Cited by 10 passages

Can. 906.

Every faithful person of either sex, after he has reached the years of discretion, that is, the use of reason, is bound faithfully to confess all his sins at least once a year.

1983 Code correlation: can. 989

Cited by 19 passages

Can. 907.

One who makes a sacrilegious or voluntarily null confession does not satisfy the precept of confessing sins.

Cited by 15 passages