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 39

7. The Form of the Sacrament 50

8. Conditional Absolution 59