ST III, q. 88

Of the Return of Sins which Have Been Taken Away by Penance

We must now consider the return of sins which have been taken away by Penance: under which head there are four points of inquiry:

(1) Whether sins which have been taken away by Penance return simply through a subsequent sin?

(2) Whether more specially as regards certain sins they return, in a way, on account of ingratitude?

(3) Whether the debt of punishment remains the same for sins thus returned?

(4) Whether this ingratitude, on account of which sins return, is a special sin?

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  1. a. 1Whether sins once forgiven return through a subsequent sin?
  2. a. 2Whether sins that have been forgiven, return through ingratitude which is shown especially in four kinds of sin?
  3. a. 3Whether the debt of punishment that arises through ingratitude in respect of a subsequent sin is as great as that of the sins previously pardoned?
  4. a. 4Whether the ingratitude whereby a subsequent sin causes the return of previous sins, is a special sin?

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