Summa Theologiae by St Thomas Aquinas
XP: Treatise On Contrition
Q9 Of The Quality Of Confession
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We must now consider the quality of confession: under which head there are four points of inquiry:

A1 Whether confession can be lacking in form?

A2 Whether confession ought to be entire?

A3 Whether one can confess through another, or by writing?

A4 Whether the sixteen conditions, which are assigned by the masters, are necessary for confession?

 
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