A treatise on auricular confession
Subtitle: dogmatical, historical, & practical.
Publisher: J. Duffy
Place of publication: Dublin
Language: eng
Number of pages: 281
Subjects: Confession.
Table of contents: title: CONTENTS.; title: Introduction; title: THE FIRST AND THEORETICAL PART OF CONFESSION.; title: CHAPTER I.; title: Antiquity and Universality of Confession 1; title: Section I. — The Voice of Human Nature calls for the Confession of Sin 1; title: Section II. — Confession typified or prefigured among the first Believers under the Law of Nature, previous to the Law of Moses 6; title: Section III. — Confession traced and commanded by God in the Mosaic Law 8; title: Section IV. — The belief in the necessity of Confession, and the practice of it, among Pagan nations 13; title: CHAPTER II.; title: Institution of the Sacrament of Penance in the Law of Grace 16; title: Section I. — Jesus Christ is the Institutor of this Sacrament 18; title: Section II. — By Christ's ordinance, there is no other ordinary way in Christianity for the remission of sins than Sacramental Confession 29; title: Section III. — Protestant evidences of the same truth 32; title: CHAPTER III.; title: The Divine Institution of Confession acknowledged by Christians of all persuasions, and the Practice thereof maintained among the same in all ages of the church 42; title: Section I. — The Divine Institution of the Sacrament of Penance, proved by the practice of it at the time of the Apostles 42; title: Section II. — The same Divine Institution and practice witnessed by the Fathers of the Church 44; title: Section III. — General and Particular Councils of the Church bear witness of the same 47; title: Section IV. — Penitential Canons witness the same 51; title: Section V. — The same is proved by History 52; title: Section VI. — The same is stated by Schismatic and Protestant Sects 61; title: Section VII. — The practice of Confession approved by Infidel Philosophers and others alien from the Catholic Faith 74; title: Section VIII. — Confession practised at the point of death by many of the Infidel Philosophers 77; title: Section IX. — Of other Infidel Philosophers who, at the hour of death, desired to make their Confession, bnt could not obtain such a benefit 91; title: Section X. — Of celebrated Statesmen and Warriors, who, at the point of death, returned to God by means of Sacramental Confession 95; title: CHAPTER IV.; title: The Benefits, both Spiritual and Temporal, Individual and Social, derivable from Confession, show its importance, and solicit its practice 109; title: CHAPTER V.; title: Objections against Confession answered 122; title: Objection I. — The priest who hears Sacramental Confessions may disclose what has been con- fided to him 122; title: Objection IL — The confessor is angry with, and scolds me 132; title: Objection III. — By confessing certain sins, I shall lose the good opinion of my confessor 134; title: Objection IV. — I am ashamed to confess certain sins 135; title: Objection V. — The confessor is toourigorous and exacting 139; title: Objection VI. — It is too hard and humbling to kneel before a man 141; title: Objection VII. — I make my confession to God, and this is enough 143; title: Objection VIII. — Confession is not of divine right, because it was introduced in the thirteenth century 145; title: Objection IX. — Confession, though practised in the old Church, was abrogated by Nectarius, Archbishop of Constantinople, in the year 390 146; title: Objection X. — The Sacrament of Penance is an inducement to sin 148; title: THE SECOND AND PRACTICAL PART OF CONFESSION.; title: CHAPTER I.; title: On the Examination of Conscience 152; title: CHAPTER II.; title: On Sorrow for Sin 170; title: Section I. — Necessity of Sorrow 171; title: Section II. — Interior Sorrow 172; title: Section III. — Supernatural Sorrow 176; title: Section IV. — Supreme Sorrow 198; title: Section V. — Universal Sorrow 203; title: CHAPTER III.; title: On the Resolution not to sin again 206; title: I. — Firm Resolution 207; title: II. — Universal Resolution 208; title: III. — Efficacious Resolution 211; title: CHAPTER IV.; title: On the Accusation of Sins 223; title: I. — Humble Accusation 223; title: II. — Simple Accusation 227; title: III. — Sincere and Full Accusation 229; title: CHAPTER V.; title: On Satisfaction, or Penance for Sins confessed 246