| ### QUESTION 86 ### OF THE EFFECT OF PENANCE, AS REGARDS THE PARDON OF MORTAL SIN ###  |

| #### Prologue |

| #### #### We must now consider the effect of Penance; and (1) as regards the pardon of mortal sins; (2) as regards the pardon of venial sins; (3) as regards the return of sins which have been pardoned; (4) as regards the recovery of the virtues. #### Under the first head there are six points of inquiry: #### (1) Whether all mortal sins are taken away by Penance? #### (2) Whether they can be taken away without Penance? #### (3) Whether one can be taken away without the other? #### (4) Whether Penance takes away the guilt while the debt remains? #### (5) Whether any remnants of sin remain? #### (6) Whether the removal of sin is the effect of Penance as a virtue, or as a sacrament? ####  |