THE POHLE-PREUSS SERIES OF DOGMATIC TEXT-BOOKS  TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION i Part I. The Power of the Church to Forgive Sins 5 Ch. I. The Catholic Church Has the Power to Forgive Sins 5 § 1. Proof from Sacred Scripture 6 Art. 1. The Promise 6 Art. 2. The Grant 11 § 2. Proof from Tradition 21 Art. 1. Protestant Errors vs. the Teaching of the Church 21 Art. 2. The Teaching of the Fathers 26 Art. 3. The Penitential Discipline of the Early Church 34 Ch. II. The Church's Power to Forgive Sins is Unlimited, Necessary, and Judicial 49 § 1. The Church's Power to Forgive Sins is Unlimited 50 Art. 1. Montanism and Novatianism vs. the Teaching of the Church 50 Art. 2. Proof from Holy Scripture and Tradition 53 § 2. The Church's Power to Forgive Sins is Necessary 58 § 3. The Church's Power to Forgive Sins is Judicial 64 Part II. Penance as a Sacrament 72 Ch. I. Matter and Form 75 § 1. The Matter 75 § 2. The Form 85 Ch. II. Sacramental Effects 101 Ch. III. The Minister 119 Ch. IV. The Recipient 130 Part III. The Three Acts of the Penitent: Contrition, Confession, and Satisfaction 132 Ch. I. Contrition 132 § 1. Perfect Contrition 134 Art. 1. Perfect Contrition Defined 134 Art. 2. Perfect Contrition as a Means of Justification 139 Art. 3. Perfect Contrition not a Requisite of Sacramental Absolution 145 § 2. Imperfect Contrition, or Attrition 151 Art. 1. Attrition Defined 151 Art. 2. Imperfect Contrition Sufficient for the Validity of Penance 157 Art. 3. Attritionism vs. Contritionism 170 Ch. II. Confession 181 § 1. The Divine Institution and Necessity of Confession Proved from Sacred Scripture 185 § 2. The Divine Institution and Necessity of Confession Proved from Tradition 192 Art. 1. Heretical Errors vs. the Teaching of the Church 192 Art. 2. The Argument from Prescription 195 Art. 3. The Patristic Argument 206 Ch. III. Satisfaction 217 § 1. Sacramental Satisfaction, or Penance for Sins Confessed 217 § 2. The Remission of Temporal Punishments Outside of the Sacrament of Penance, or the Catholic Doctrine of Indulgences 232 Art. 1. An Indulgence Defined 233 Art. 2. The Power of the Church to Grant Indulgences 240 Art. 3. Indulgences for the Dead 259 Index 265