757, 2369 strictly forbidrevelations or use of sacramental knowledge and decree severe penaltiesagainst transgressors). Hence, he who has struck his father must mention thecircumstance of relationship in confession, since it is a circumstancethat changes the species of the sin. --The confessor should always refuseabsolution to those who are certainly not contrite and in whom hecannot awaken tru The difference betweenfilial fear and repentance is seen in this, that the former falls backupon its own littleness, whereas the latter throws itself at the feetof God.
s are the ministers of the New Testament, and therefore theyshould conform themselves to its spirit of mildness. Again, when there is a strong likelihood that an owner was not greatlyunwilling, one must insist that the thefts cease for the future, butone cannot always impose restitution. , greater courage is needed to face an ignominious or cruel deaththan to face death amid applause or with little suffering). As the guilt of the unworthy person is public in thesecases, there must be public reparation before the marriage can besanctioned by the presence of the Church's representative.
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