| ### QUESTION 8 ### OF THE MINISTER OF CONFESSION ###  |

| #### Prologue |

| #### #### We must now consider the minister of confession, under which head there are seven points of inquiry: #### (1) Whether it is necessary to confess to a priest? #### (2) Whether it is ever lawful to confess to another than a priest? #### (3) Whether outside a case of necessity one who is not a priest can hear the confession of venial sins? #### (4) Whether it is necessary for a man to confess to his own priest? #### (5) Whether it is lawful for anyone to confess to another than his own priest, in virtue of a privilege or of the command of a superior? #### (6) Whether a penitent, in danger of death can be absolved by any priest? #### (7) Whether the temporal punishment should be enjoined in proportion to the sin? ####  |