# Theory and practice of the confessional

Author: Schieler, Caspar E. (Caspar Erich), 1851-1934; Messmer, Sebastian G. (Sebastian Gebhard), 1847-1930 [Author of introduction, etc.]; Bruehl, Charles P. (Charles Paul), 1876-1963 [Editor]; Heuser, Herman J. (Herman Joseph), 1851-1933 [Editor]; Clarke, Richard F. (Richard Frederick), 1839-1900 [Translator]

Genre: Confession

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77819

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Theory+and+practice+of+the+confessional+Schieler&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

At all times penance has been the necessary means (_necessitate medii ad salutem_) of obtaining pardon for those who had committed mortal sin. “If we do not do penance, we shall fall into the hands of the Lord,” is the warning of the Old Testament (Ecclus. ii. 22). And when God sent His prophets, it was to arouse men to repentance by the announcement of His wrath, and threatening punishments. The forerunner of Our Lord solemnly exhorts the assembled crowds, “Do penance; the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” Our Lord Himself insists on the same point with awful determination, “Unless you do penance you shall all likewise perish” (Luke xiii. 3). He proclaims as the task of His own public minis...

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/theory-and-practice-of-the-confessional-77819/chapters/33/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/theory-and-practice-of-the-confessional-77819/chapters/21/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/theory-and-practice-of-the-confessional-77819/chapters/30/index.md)
- [xx. 26); that God, as the eternal truth, especially hates, detests, and](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/theory-and-practice-of-the-confessional-77819/chapters/32/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/theory-and-practice-of-the-confessional-77819/chapters/19/index.md)
- [PART I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/theory-and-practice-of-the-confessional-77819/chapters/17/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/theory-and-practice-of-the-confessional-77819/chapters/28/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/theory-and-practice-of-the-confessional-77819/chapters/27/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/theory-and-practice-of-the-confessional-77819/chapters/25/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/theory-and-practice-of-the-confessional-77819/chapters/24/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/theory-and-practice-of-the-confessional-77819/chapters/29/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/theory-and-practice-of-the-confessional-77819/chapters/26/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/theory-and-practice-of-the-confessional-77819/chapters/22/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/theory-and-practice-of-the-confessional-77819/chapters/20/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/theory-and-practice-of-the-confessional-77819/chapters/31/index.md)
- [PART III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/theory-and-practice-of-the-confessional-77819/chapters/23/index.md)
- [PART II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/theory-and-practice-of-the-confessional-77819/chapters/18/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/theory-and-practice-of-the-confessional-77819/chapters/5/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/theory-and-practice-of-the-confessional-77819/chapters/14/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/theory-and-practice-of-the-confessional-77819/chapters/15/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/theory-and-practice-of-the-confessional-77819/chapters/11/index.md)
- [PART I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/theory-and-practice-of-the-confessional-77819/chapters/1/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/theory-and-practice-of-the-confessional-77819/chapters/13/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/theory-and-practice-of-the-confessional-77819/chapters/12/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/theory-and-practice-of-the-confessional-77819/chapters/8/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/theory-and-practice-of-the-confessional-77819/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/theory-and-practice-of-the-confessional-77819/chapters/16/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/theory-and-practice-of-the-confessional-77819/chapters/10/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/theory-and-practice-of-the-confessional-77819/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/theory-and-practice-of-the-confessional-77819/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/theory-and-practice-of-the-confessional-77819/chapters/9/index.md)
- [PART II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/theory-and-practice-of-the-confessional-77819/chapters/2/index.md)
- [PART III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/theory-and-practice-of-the-confessional-77819/chapters/7/index.md)