Summa Theologiae by St Thomas Aquinas
XP: Treatise On Contrition
Q5 Of The Effect Of Contrition
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We must now consider the effect of contrition: under which head there are three points of inquiry:

A1 Whether the remission of sin is the effect of contrition?

A2 Whether contrition can take away the debt of punishment entirely?

A3 Whether slight contrition suffices to blot out great sins?

 
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