| ### QUESTION 3 ### OF THE DEGREE OF CONTRITION ###  |

| #### Prologue |

| #### #### We must now consider the degree of contrition: under which head there are three points of inquiry: #### (1) Whether contrition is the greatest possible sorrow in the world? #### (2) Whether the sorrow of contrition can be too great? #### (3) Whether sorrow for one sin ought to be greater than for another? ####  |