Sorrow and Purpose Regarding Venial Sins

How far sorrow and the purpose of amendment must extend to venial sins confessed.

The works themselves ask 3 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.

Also asked about as…

confessing only venial sins · confessing venial sins without real sorrow · do i need to be sorry for venial sins · purpose of amendment for venial sins (ed.)

In the index as Purpose · Purpose of not sinning for the future · Venial sin · Contrition

In the manuals

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Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)

Ludovicus Wouters, C.SS.R.

Vol. II, Bk. III, Tr. V, Diss. II, Pt. I, Sect. II, Ch. II, Art. I, § II, Scholion. Sorrow and Purpose Regarding Venial Sins, n. 306 — I. If someone confesses venial sins together with a mortal sin, he receives the sacrament validly and fruitfully, even if sorrow and purpose comprehend only the mortal sin. II. If someone confesses only venial sins, sorr… Read in context →

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. — 10 passages

Vol. II, Treatise On the Sacrament …, Pt. II, Ch. I, Art. I, § I. On the Necessity of Contrition, n. 446 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. II, Treatise On the Sacrament …, Pt. II, Ch. I, Article II. On the Purpose, n. 463 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)

Synopsis of Moral and Pastoral Theology

Adolphe Tanquerey, S.S. — 4 passages

Vol. I, Matrimony, and Holy Orders, On Penance (Volume I), Moral Part — Chapter I: On the Duties of the Penitent, nn. 237, 238, 239 & 240 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

Summa Theologiae Moralis

Benedict Henry Merkelbach, O.P. — 20 passages

Vol. III, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On Penance, Third Part: On the Parts o…, Ch. I, Question Two: On the Quali…, Article II: On the Endowments of the Purpose, nn. ¶1, 486, 487 & 488 (20 passages — hover a number to read it)

Compendium of Moral Theology

Aloysius Sabetti, S.J., and Timothy Barrett, S.J.

Vol. II, Tr. XV, Pt. II, Ch. I, Article II. On the Purpose of Not Sinning Henceforth, n. 738, Q. 4 — Question 4. What purpose is required and suffices for the value of the sacrament, where only venial sins are accused? Resp. The same must be said concerning purpose as was said above concerning the sorrow required when o… Read in context →

Christian Theology, Dogmatic and Moral, in Compendium

Daniele Concina, O.P.

Diss. I, Chapter VIII — Certain questions concerning grief and purpose are resolved, n. IV — IV. In the confession of venial sins also this grief is necessary. It is not necessary that grief be conceived for all venial sins, since venial sins are not necessary but free matter: it is enough that grief be conceive… Read in context →

Treated under the broader heading The purpose of amendment — Noldin, Summa of Moral Theology · Slater, Manual of Moral Theology · McHugh–Callan, Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Cases of Conscience · Koch–Preuss · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Slater, Cases II · The Roman Catechism — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)