Treatise V: On Penance

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The necessity of confession

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— Appendix XI belongs to this section. Historical Introduction. Cf. Appendix XI.

This will be the order of speaking: first we shall treat of the essence and necessity of the sacrament of Penance, then of its minister; then of its subject, then of its various circumstances. In the chapter on the minister, we shall examine the case of one absolving an accomplice; in the chapter on the subject, the obligation of denouncing a solicitor.

Finally, imitating the canonical Code, we shall add to the treatise a chapter on indulgences.

Utility. Not only a distinct knowledge of the essential parts of this sacrament, which pertains to the necessary learning of the confessor, insofar as he must reconcile men with God, but also the force and value of the formulae which are added to the essence, will help the physician of souls not a little in procuring spiritual health.

The necessity of confession

Within this treatise

Title I: On the Essence and Necessity of the Sacrament of Penancenn. 440–446
Title II: On the Minister of the Sacrament of Penance
Section I: Canonical Norms
Chapter I: The Power Required and Sufficientnn. 447–454
Chapter II: Who Have Ordinary Sacramental Jurisdiction or Can Delegate Itnn. 455–462
Chapter III: On Reservation of Casesnn. 463–477
Chapter IV: The Sacramental Forum in Religionsnn. 478–489
- § 1. On the Sacramental Forum in Clerical Religionsn. 479
- § 2. On the Sacramental Forum in Lay Religionsnn. 480–489
Chapter V: The Right Use of Powernn. 490–498
Chapter VI: On Absolution of an Accomplicenn. 499–503
Chapter VII: On the Sacramental Sealnn. 504–527
Section II: Moral Norms
Chapter I: The Persons and Qualities of the Confessornn. 528–537
Chapter II: The Action of the Confessornn. 538–557
- § 1. With Regard to the Three Parts of the Sacramentnn. 538–547
- § 2. With Regard to the Persons of Penitentsnn. 548–553
- § 3. With Regard to Repairing Defectsnn. 554–557
Chapter III: On the Extrinsic Adjuncts of Hearing Confessionnn. 558–561
Title III: On the Subject of the Sacrament of Penance
Chapter I: On the Licit and Necessary Use of the Sacramentnn. 562–566
Chapter II: On the Acts of the Penitentnn. 567–615
- § 1. On the Required Contritionnn. 567–577
- § 2. On Purpose and the Occasion of Sin to Be Flednn. 578–582
- § 3. On Confessionnn. 583–599
- § 4. On Satisfaction, or Sacramental Penancenn. 600–602
- § 5. On the Accidental Obligation of Denouncingnn. 603–615
Title IV: On Indulgencesn. 616
Chapter I: On the Granting of Indulgencesnn. 617–625
Chapter II: On Acquiring Indulgencesnn. 626–634
Chapter III: On Certain Indulgences in Particularnn. 635–648