Theory And Practice Of The Confessional

A Guide In The Administration Of The Sacrament Of Penance

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A Guide In The Administration Of The Sacrament Of Penance

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Table of Contents

CONTENTS
PART I
PENANCE AS A VIRTUE AND AS A SACRAMENT
1. The Virtue of Penance 17
2. The Sacrament of Penance 20
3. Necessity of the Sacrament of Penance 22
4. Forgiveness of Venial Sin 29
5. The Constituent Parts of the Sacrament of Penance in General 37
6. The Remote Matter of the Sacrament of Penance in Particular 30
7. The Form of the Sacrament 50
8. Conditional Absolution 59
PART II
THE RECIPIENT OF THE SACRAMENT OF PENANCE, OR THE ACTS OF THE PENITENT
9. Who can Receive the Sacrament of Penance 70
CHAPTER I
CONTRITION
10. Extent and Efficacy of Contrition 7 1
11. The Essential Features of Perfect Contrition 76
12. The Effects of Perfect Contrition and the Obligation of Procuring it 81
13. Imperfect Contrition 88
14. The Necessary Qualities of Contrition 98
15. The Relation of Contrition to the Sacrament Ill
CHAPTER II
THE PURPOSE OF AMENDMENT
16. Necessity and Nature of the Purpose of Amendment 121
17. Properties of the Purpose of Amendment 126
18. The Purpose of Amendment with regard to Venial Sin 133
CHAPTER III
CONFESSION
Article I. Essence, Necessity, and Properties of Confession
19. Essence and Necessity of Confession 137
20. Properties of Confession 138
Article II. The Integrity of the Confession
21. Necessity of the Integrity of Confession 153
22. Extent of the Integrity of Confession 157
23. The Number of Sins in Confession 163
24. The Confession of the Circumstances of Sins 166
25. The Confession of Doubtful Sins 180
26. Sins omitted through Forgetfulness or Other Causes not Blame-worthy 193
27. Reasons Excusing from Complete Accusation 198
Article III. The Means to be employed in Order to make a Perfect Confession
28. The Examination of Conscience 215
29. Invalid Confessions 222
30. General Confession 228
31. The Manner of Hearing General Confession 238
32. Plan for making a General Confession 245
CHAPTER IV
SATISFACTION
33. The Imposition of Penance by the Confessor 256
34. The Acceptance and Performance of the Penance by the Penitent 271
35. The Commutation of the Penance 274
PART III
THE MINISTER OF THE SACRAMENT
Section I. The Powers of the Confessor
36. Orders, Jurisdiction, Approbation 279
CHAPTER I
JURISDICTION
37. The Minister of the Sacrament with Ordinary Jurisdiction 284
38. The Minister of the Sacrament with Delegated Jurisdiction or Approbation 288
39. JuristJictio Delegata Extraordinaria, or, the Supplying of Deficient Jurisdiction by the Church 300
40. The Administration of the Sacrament of Penance to Members of Religious Orders 307
41. Jurisdiction and Approbation for the Confessions of Nuns 311
CHAPTER II
LIMITATION OF JURISDICTION OR RESERVED CASES
42. Reserved Cases in General 316
43. The Papal Reserved Cases 326
44. Absolution of Reserved Sins 340
CHAPTER III
ABUSE OF POWER BY THE MINISTER OF THE SACRAMENT
45. Inquiring after the Name of the Accomplice in Sin 351
46. The Absolution of the Complex in Peccato Turpi 354
47. Sollicitallo Proprii Paenitenlis ad Turpia 364
Section II. The Office of the Confessor
CHAPTER I
THE ESSENTIAL DUTIES OF THE CONFESSOR IN THE EXERCISE OF HIS OFFICE; OR, THE CONFESSOR CONSIDERED IN HIS OFFICE OF JUDGE
48. The Knowledge of the Sins 379
49. The Nature of the Questions to be put to the Penitent 382
50. The Examination of the Dispositions of the Penitent 398
51. The Confessor's Duty in Disposing his Penitents 402
52. The Duty of the Confessor to administer, to defer, or to refuse Absolution 407
CHAPTER II
THE ACCESSORY DUTIES OF THE CONFESSOR
Article I. The Preparation
53. The Virtues which the Confessor must Possess 416
54. The Scientific Equipment of the Confessor 424
55. The Prudence of the Confessor 434
Article II. Duties of the Confessor during Confession
56. The Duty of instructing and exhorting the Penitent (Munus Doctoris) 438
57. The Duty of suggesting Remedies against Relapse (the Confessor as Physician) 448
CHAPTER III
THE DUTIES OF THE CONFESSOR AFTER THE CONFESSION
58. The Duty of correcting Errors occurring in the Confession 460
59. The Duty of preserving the Seal of Confession 466
60. The Subject of the Seal of Confession 471
61. The Object or Matter of the Seal of Confession 473
62. Violations of the Seal 476
Section III. The Duties of the Confessor toward Different Classes of Penitents
CHAPTER I
THE TREATMENT OF PENITENTS IN DIFFERENT SPIRITUAL CONDITIONS
Article I. The Occasionarii
63. Sinful Occasions and the Duty of avoiding them 487
64. The Duties of the Confessor toward Penitents who are in Occasione Proximo, Voluntaria 493
65. The Duties of the Confessor toward Penitents who are in Occasione Necessaria 496
66. Some Commonly Occurring Occasions of Sin 501
Article II. Habitual and Relapsing Sinners
67. Definition and Treatment of Habitual Sinners 518
68. Relapse, and the Treatment of Relapsing Sinners 521
69. Relapsing Sinners requiring Special Care 530
70. Penitents aiming at Perfection 536
71. Hypocritical Penitents 543
72. Scrupulous Penitents 545
73. Converts 555
CHAPTER II
THE TREATMENT OF PENITENTS IN DIFFERENT EXTERNAL CIRCUMSTANCES
74. The Confession of Children 561
75. The Confession of Young Unmarried People 575
76. The Confessor as Adviser in the Choice of a State of Life 583
77. Betrothal and Marriage 592
78. The Confessor's Attitude toward Mixed Marriages 600
79. How to deal with Penitents joined in "Civil" Marriage only 607
80. The Confessor's Conduct toward Women 608
81. The Confessions of Men 614
82. The Confession of Nuns 618
83. The Confession of Priests 624
CHAPTER III
PENITENTS IN EXTREME DANGER
84. The Importance of the Priest's Ministry at the Bedside of the Sick and the Dying 630
85. The Confessions of the Sick 632
86. Absolution of the Dying 645
TOPICAL INDEX 655

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