| ### QUESTION 10 ### OF THE EFFECT OF CONFESSION ###  |

| #### Prologue |

| #### #### We must now consider the effect of confession: under which head there are five points of inquiry: #### (1) Whether confession delivers one from the death of sin? #### (2) Whether confession delivers one in any way from punishment? #### (3) Whether confession opens Paradise to us? #### (4) Whether confession gives hope of salvation? #### (5) Whether a general confession blots out mortal sins that one has forgotten? ####  |