ST Suppl., q. 9

Of the Quality of Confession

Supplement — compiled posthumously from Aquinas's early Sentences commentary

We must now consider the quality of confession: under which head there are four points of inquiry:

(1) Whether confession can be lacking in form?

(2) Whether confession ought to be entire?

(3) Whether one can confess through another, or by writing?

(4) Whether the sixteen conditions, which are assigned by the masters, are necessary for confession?

Articles

  1. a. 1Whether confession can be lacking in form?
  2. a. 2Whether confession should be entire?
  3. a. 3Whether one may confess through another, or by writing?
  4. a. 4Whether the sixteen conditions usually assigned are necessary for confession?

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