| General Preface | p. xi |
| Editorial Notes | p. xvii |
| Introduction | p. xix |
| Prologue | p. 2 |
| The Sacrament of Penance | |
| Is Penance a sacrament? | p. 2 |
| Are sins the proper matter of this sacrament? | p. 8 |
| Is the form of this sacrament 'I absolve you'? | p. 10 |
| Is the laying on of the priest's hands required for this sacrament? | p. 18 |
| Is this sacrament necessary for salvation? | p. 20 |
| Is Penance a 'second plank after shipwreck'? | p. 24 |
| Was it well for this sacrament to have been instituted in the New Law? | p. 28 |
| Ought Penance to last until the end of life? | p. 34 |
| Is it possible for penance to be continuous? | p. 36 |
| Should the sacrament of Penance be repeated? | p. 40 |
| The Virtue of Penitence | |
| Is penitence a virtue? | p. 48 |
| Is penitence a special virtue? | p. 50 |
| Is the virtue of penitence a species of justice? | p. 54 |
| Is the will properly the seat of penitence? | p. 60 |
| Does fear originate penitence? | p. 62 |
| Is repentance first among the virtues? | p. 66 |
| The Effect of Penance | |
| Are all sins removed through Penance? | p. 72 |
| Can sin be forgiven without Penance? | p. 76 |
| Can one sin be pardoned without another? | p. 80 |
| Does Penance take away fault but not the debt of punishment? | p. 86 |
| Once mortal sin has been remitted, are all of sin's after-effects taken away? | p. 90 |
| Is forgiveness of fault the effect of the virtue of penitence? | p. 94 |
| Pardon for Venial Sins | |
| Can venial sin be pardoned without penance? | p. 100 |
| Is infusion of grace required for the forgiveness of venial sin? | p. 104 |
| Is venial sin taken away through the sprinkling of holy water, a bishop's blessing and the like? | p. 108 |
| Can there be pardon for a venial sin while a mortal sin remains? | p. 112 |
| The Return of Sins Once Forgiven | |
| Do sins forgiven return in virtue of subsequent sin? | p. 116 |
| Do sins once forgiven return in virtue of the ungratefulness found especially in hatred of neighbour, apostasy from the faith, contempt for confession and regret over past repentance? | p. 122 |
| Because of ingratitude in a later sin does there arise a degree of guilt equal to that of sin already pardoned? | p. 128 |
| Is the ingratitude by which later sin brings about the return of sin previously forgiven a special sin? | p. 130 |
| Virtue Regained Through Penance | |
| Are virtues recovered through repentance? | p. 134 |
| After repentance does a person come back to a life of equal virtue? | p. 138 |
| Is a person restored to his former dignity through repentance? | p. 142 |
| Is it possible for works done in charity to become dead works? | p. 148 |
| Are works deadened by sin revivified through repentance? | p. 150 |
| Are even dead works vitalized by reason of a later repentance? | p. 154 |
| The Parts of Penance in General | |
| Should parts be assigned to Penance? | p. 160 |
| Whether there is good reason for designating contrition, confession and satisfaction as the parts of Penance? | p. 162 |
| Are the parts mentioned integral parts of Penance? | p. 166 |
| Is there any reason for the division, penance before Baptism, penance for mortal sin, penance for venial sin? | p. 170 |
| Appendices | |
| The Matter of the Sacrament of Penance | p. 175 |
| The Virtue of Penitence | p. 180 |
| The Sacramental Grace of Penance | p. 185 |
| Glossary | p. 191 |
| Index | p. 201 |
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