Question Two: On the Qualities and Endowments of Contrition

480. Matter to be treated. - Contrition, as passing into an external act, is part of the matter of the sacrament and thus concurs in the constitution of the sacramental sign; as it is internal in the heart, it is a disposition necessary for the grace of the sacrament. Whether perfect or imperfect, in order that it may produce its effects, it must:

1. be clothed with certain conditions, namely, be a) true and internal, b) supernatural, c) supreme, d) universal;

2. include the purpose of not sinning for the future, which is a) true or absolute, b) firm, c) efficacious, d) universal;

3. besides this, be ordered to the sacrament of Penance, if one intends to receive it and to obtain in it the remission of sin.

Hence three articles.