Summa Theologica

Suppl. IIIae q. 8 : Of The Minister Of Confession (Seven Articles)

[Letter] [A4] Entire question
[Letter] [A4] 1. Whether it is necessary to confess to a priest?
[Letter] [A4] 2. Whether it is ever lawful to confess to another than a priest?
[Letter] [A4] 3. Whether, outside a case of necessity, anyone who is not a priest may hear the confession of venial sins?
[Letter] [A4] 4. Whether it is necessary for one to confess to one's own priest?
[Letter] [A4] 5. Whether it is lawful for anyone to confess to another than his own priest, in virtue of a privilege or a command given by a superior?
[Letter] [A4] 6. Whether a penitent, at the point of death, can be absolved by any priest?
[Letter] [A4] 7. Whether the temporal punishment is imposed according to the degree of the fault?