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
Blameworthy 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. _Jurisdictio 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. _Sollicitatio Proprii Pœnitentis 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=