| ### QUESTION 1 ### OF THE PARTS OF PENANCE, IN PARTICULAR, AND FIRST OF CONTRITION ###  |

| #### Prologue |

| #### #### We must now consider each single part of Penance, and (1) Contrition; (2) Confession; (3) Satisfaction. The consideration about Contrition will be fourfold: (1) What is it? (2) What should it be about? (3) How great should it be? (4) Of its duration; (5) Of its effect. #### Under the first head there are three points of inquiry: #### (1) Whether Contrition is suitably defined? #### (2) Whether it is an act of virtue? #### (3) Whether attrition can become contrition? ####  |