Chapter I: The Treatment of Penitents in Different Spiritual Conditions

_Article I. The Occasionarii_

63. Sinful Occasions and the Duty of avoiding them 487

64. The Duties of the Confessor toward Penitents who are in
_Occasione Proxima Voluntaria_ 493

65. The Duties of the Confessor toward Penitents who are in
_Occasione Necessaria_ 496

66. Some Commonly Occurring Occasions of Sin 501

_Article II. Habitual and Relapsing Sinners_

67. Definition and Treatment of Habitual Sinners 518

68. Relapse, and the Treatment of Relapsing Sinners 521

69. Relapsing Sinners requiring Special Care 530

70. Penitents aiming at Perfection 536

71. Hypocritical Penitents 543

72. Scrupulous Penitents 545

73. Converts 555

CHAPTER II
THE TREATMENT OF PENITENTS IN DIFFERENT EXTERNAL
CIRCUMSTANCES

74. The Confession of Children 561

75. The Confession of Young Unmarried People 575

76. The Confessor as Adviser in the Choice of a State of Life 583

77. Betrothal and Marriage 592

78. The Confessor’s Attitude toward Mixed Marriages 600

79. How to deal with Penitents joined in “Civil” Marriage only 607

80. The Confessor’s Conduct toward Women 608

81. The Confessions of Men 614

82. The Confession of Nuns 618

83. The Confession of Priests 624

CHAPTER III
PENITENTS IN EXTREME DANGER

84. The Importance of the Priest’s Ministry at the Bedside of
the Sick and the Dying 630

85. The Confessions of the Sick 632

86. Absolution of the Dying 645

TOPICAL INDEX 655

THEORY AND PRACTICE OF THE CONFESSIONAL