A Topic of Moral Theology
The Remission of Punishment
How far the punishment due to forgiven sin is remitted, and by what means.
The works themselves ask 2 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
Also asked about as…
does confession remove punishment · purgatory after confession · temporal punishment after confession (ed.)
In the index as Penalty · Penance · Act of repenting · Baptism · Penance as a sacrament · Remission of sins · Remnants
In the manuals
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Summa of Moral Theology (Summa Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. III, Book Fifth. On Penance., Chapter First. On Penance …, Question Fourth. On the re…, Article Third. On the remi…, Section 2. On Remission as to Punishment., n. 246 — 246. Remission and its modes. 1. While guilt has not yet been remitted, punishment cannot be remitted: for guilt is the cause on account of which a man is worthy of punishment; but, while the cause has not yet been remov… Read in context →
Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. II, Bk. III, Tr. V, Diss. I, Pt. III, Section IV. On the Remission of Punishment, n. 285 — I. By sinning, man contracts: 1. the guilt of fault, by which he is formally constituted a sinner; 2. the guilt of punishment, by which, because of the guilt of fault, he becomes liable to punishments to be undergone. Mo… Read in context →
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, § III. On the Efficacy of Contrition, n. 456 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Synopsis of Moral and Pastoral Theology
Vol. I, Matrimony, and Holy Orders, On Penance (Volume I), Dogmatic Part — Chapter III: On the Sacrament of Penance Itself, nn. 189 & 190 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Summa Theologiae Moralis
Vol. III, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On Penance, Second Part: On the Effect…, Question Three: On the Remission of Punishments, nn. ¶1, 461, 462, 463, 464 & 465 (23 passages — hover a number to read it)
Compendium of Moral Theology
Vol. II, Tr. XV, Pt. II, Ch. I, Art. I, § III. On the Efficacy of Contrition, n. 736, Q. 2 — Question 2. Whether contrition remits not only the fault, but also the punishment due to fault? Resp. It certainly remits eternal punishment, because a man justified through contrition cannot remain guilty of eternal dam… Read in context →
Treated under the broader heading What Penance forgives — Slater, Manual of Moral Theology · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · The Roman Catechism · Spirago — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)