Title IV: Of Penance

Superseded as law in 1983 — read why this Code still matters.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

In the sacrament of penance, through judicial absolution imparted by a legitimate minister, sins committed after baptism are remitted for the faithful person rightly disposed.

1983 Code correlation: can. 959

Penance and Confession

Cited by 5 passages

Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology, Volume II, Book III. On the Aids of the Christian Life, or on the Sacraments, Treatise V. On Penance, Dissertation II. On the Sacrament of Penance, Part I. On the Sacrament of Penance Considered in Itself, n. 288
Koch–Preuss, Volume II: Sin and the Means of Grace, Part II: The Means of Grace, Chapter I: The Causes of Moral Regeneration, Section 2: The Natural Requisite of Moral Regeneration, ¶ 6
Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis, Volume III: On Persons, the Sacraments, and the Precepts and Censures of the Church (1922-23), Book II: On the Sacraments, Treatise V: On Penance, ¶ 1
Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology, Volume I (1929), Treatise III. On Laws, Part II. On the Principal Species of Laws, Chapter III. On Ecclesiastical Law, n. 110
Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology, Volume II (1929), Treatise XV. On the Sacrament of Penance, Part I. On the Essence of the Sacrament of Penance, ¶ 1

Within this title

Chapter I: Of the Minister of the Sacrament of Penancecann. 871–892
Chapter II: Of the Reservation of Sinscann. 893–900
Chapter III: Of the Subject of the Sacrament of Penancecann. 901–907
Chapter IV: Of the Place for Receiving Confessionscann. 908–910
Chapter V: Of Indulgencescann. 911–936
- Article I: Of the Granting of Indulgencescann. 911–924
- Article II: Of Acquiring Indulgencescann. 925–936