Annual confession

The Lateran precept; who is bound (mortal sin); to one's own priest; when

The works themselves ask 20 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.

See also Penance and Confession — in The Sacraments · The necessity of confession — in Penance and Confession

Also asked about as…

confession at least once a year · confession each year · confession every year · confession once a year · easter duty confession · how often do i have to go to confession · yearly confession (ed.)

In the index as Confession · Age · Precepts of the Church · Children · Communion · First · Boy · Means · Precept · Sacrilege · Time · *Codex Iuris Canonici* · Absolution · Annual · Annual confession · Augustine, St. · Computation · Confessor · Knowledge · Pius the Tenth · Reception of a Sacrament · Responses Of The Sacred Congregations · Venial sin

In the manuals

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A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries

Thomas Slater, S.J. — 4 passages

Vol. I, Bk. VIII, Chapter III. Annual Confession, nn. 1, 2, 3 & 4 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)

Ludovicus Wouters, C.SS.R. — 5 passages

Vol. I, Bk. II, Tr. II, Diss. II, Part II. On Annual Confession, nn. ¶1, 1104, 1105, 1106 & 1107 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)

Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)

John A. McHugh, O.P., and Charles J. Callan, O.P. — 2 passages

Vol. II, Pt. II, Q. III, Art. 1. The Duties of Memb…, Third Precept: Yearly Confession, nn. 2590 & 2591 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)

Gennaro Bucceroni, S.J. — 10 passages

Vol. II, On the Third and Fourth Precepts of the Church, nn. 1552, 1553, 1554, 1555, 1556, 1557, 1558, 1559, 1560 & 1561 (10 passages — hover a number to read it)

Cases of Conscience, Proposed by Cardinal de Lugo, by Fr. Beniamino Elbel, by Fr. Ioannes Petrus Gury and by Other Authors, and Resolved (Casus conscientiae)

Gennaro Bucceroni, S.J. — 9 passages

90. Annual Confession, Paschal Communion, nn. 1, 2 & 3 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)

Compendium of Moral Theology of Fr. John Peter Gury, S.J., with the Notes of Antonio Ballerini, S.J.

Jean-Pierre Gury, S.J.; notes by Antonio Ballerini, S.J. — 13 passages

Vol. I, Treatise On the Precepts o…, On the Third Precept of the Church, or On Annual Confession, nn. 477, 478 & 479 (12 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. II, Treatise On the Sacrament …, Pt. II, Ch. II, Article I. On the Necessity of Confession, n. 465 — 465. II. Confession is also necessary by ecclesiastical law, at least once a year, for all the faithful who have sinned gravely. This is evident from the Councils, but especially from the Fourth Lateran Council under Inn… Read in context →

A Handbook of Moral Theology (Koch–Preuss)

Antony Koch; adapted and edited by Arthur Preuss — 12 passages

Vol. IV, Pt. III, Ch. IV, Section 1: The Annual Confession, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7, ¶8, ¶9, ¶10, ¶11 & ¶12 (12 passages — hover a number to read it)

Summa Theologiae Moralis

Benedict Henry Merkelbach, O.P. — 35 passages

Vol. III, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On Penance, Third Part: On the Parts o…, Ch. II, Question One: On the Neces…, Article II: On the Necessity of Confession by Precept, nn. ¶1, 511, 512 & 513 (35 passages — hover a number to read it)

Compendium of Moral Theology

Aloysius Sabetti, S.J., and Timothy Barrett, S.J. — 6 passages

Vol. I, Tr. VII, On the Third Precept of the Church: To Confess Sacramentally at Least Once in the Year, nn. 339, 340, 340, Q. 2, 340, Q. 3, 340, Q. 4 & 340, Q. 5 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)

Treated under the broader heading Annual Confession and Easter Communion — Noldin, Summa of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Moral Enchiridion (4th ed., 1905) · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Konings, Theologia Moralis — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)