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Dissertation I. On the Act of Doing Penance

(St. Thomas, part 3, question 85; St. Alphonsus, Theologia moralis, book VI, nn. 433-442.)

We shall speak of the notion, necessity, and effects of the act of doing penance; namely, of the salutary act, with which alone we are concerned.

The Act of Doing Penance and Its Effects

Within this part

Part I. On the Notion of the Act of Doing Penancenn. 275–276
- Scholion. On the Virtue of Penancen. 276
Part II. On the Necessity of the Act of Doing Penancenn. 277–279
Part III. On the Effects of the Act of Doing Penancenn. 280–286
- Section I. On the Remission of Mortal Sinsnn. 280–282
- Section II. On the Conferral of Sanctifying Gracen. 283
- Section III. On the Remission of Venial Sinsn. 284
- Section IV. On the Remission of Punishmentn. 285
- Section V. On the Reviviscence of Meritsn. 286