A Topic of Moral Theology
Contrition Taken Integrally
How far sorrow must extend — universal for mortal sins, and what is required as to venial ones.
The works themselves ask 3 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
Also asked about as…
contrition as a whole · sorrow and purpose together · what contrition includes (ed.)
In the index as Contrition · Attrition · Universality of contrition · Informity · Sacrament of Penance · Sorrow in contrition
In the manuals
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Summa of Moral Theology (Summa Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. III, Book Fifth. On Penance., Ch. II, Q. I, Article III. On the Qualities of Contrition., nn. 253, 254, 255 & 256 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)
Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. II, Bk. III, Tr. V, Diss. II, Pt. I, Sect. II, Ch. II, Art. I, § I. On Contrition Taken Integrally, nn. 295, 296, 297, 298, ¶1, 299 & 300 (7 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.
Vol. II, Treatise On the Sacrament …, Pt. II, Ch. I, Art. I, § II. On the Qualities of Contrition, n. 450 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)
Synopsis of Moral and Pastoral Theology
Vol. I, Matrimony, and Holy Orders, On Penance (Volume I), Moral Part — Chapter I: On the Duties of the Penitent, nn. 216, 217, 218, 219 & 220 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)
Manuale Theologiae Moralis
Vol. III, Pt. II, Tr. V, Ch. II, Art. I, § 3, Whether Perfect or Imperfect, n. 349 — 349. 4. Contrition must be universal, inasmuch as it extends to absolutely all mortal sins not yet remitted. The reason is that every mortal sin is a total aversion from God. Now contrition is conversion to God and must … Read in context →
Summa Theologiae Moralis
Vol. III, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On Penance, Third Part: On the Parts o…, Ch. I, Question Two: On the Quali…, Article III: On Contrition as Ordered to the Sacrament, nn. 489, 490, 491 & 492 (15 passages — hover a number to read it)
Christian Theology, Dogmatic and Moral, in Compendium
Diss. I, Chapter I — Propositions condemned by the Holy See, n. III — III. Merbesius. For true contrition there is required not only a grief for all mortal sins conceived generally and confusedly, but also one conceived specially and distinctly of individual sins, both as to number and as … Read in context →
Treated under the broader heading Contrition and Purpose of Amendment — Slater, Manual of Moral Theology · McHugh–Callan, Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Moral Enchiridion (4th ed., 1905) · Bucceroni, Cases of Conscience · Koch–Preuss · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Konings, Theologia Moralis · Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology · Slater, Cases II · The Roman Catechism · The Casuist · Spirago and 3 more — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)