De necessitate sanctissime confessionis, contra eos qui dicunt superfluum esse aut inane confiteri peccata sua sacerdoti. Idcirco, in presenti sermone, de necessitate confessionis tractare curabimus, quam necessariam esse cunctis penitentibus, ostendemus triplici ratione: Prima ratio propter doctorum et Scripturarum testificationem, quod per dicta sanctorum doctorum probari potest qualiter confessio peccatorum sit penitentibus ad salutem necessaria. Secunda propter Christi institutionem, quod confessio est de necessitate salutis, eo quod tempore legis gratie fuit instituta a domino Iesu Christo; et quomodo intelligitur quod sit de iure naturale et qualiter in lege scripta fuit figurata. Tertia propter Ecclesie preceptionem, quod homines obligantur de necessitate confiteri non solum propter primam institutionem, sed etiam propter preceptum Ecclesie, a quo nullus excipitur, nisi qui esset absque peccato.

On the necessity of the holy confession, against those who claim that confessing one's sins to the priest is superfluous and useless. Therefore, in the present sermon we shall deal with the necessity of confession, which is mandatory for all penitents for a threefold reason: The first reason concerns the testimony of the Doctors (of the Church) and the Holy Scriptures, since through the words of the holy Doctors one can prove the way in which confession of sins is necessary for the salvation of penitents. The second reason concerns Christ's institution (of confession), since confession is necessary for salvation, as it was established by our Lord Jesus Christ at the time of the lex gratiae; and how it (i.e. the confession) belongs to natural law and how it was represented in the written law. The third concerns the precepta of the Church, since one must confess not only because of the first institution (of Christ), but also because of the precepta of the Church, to which no one is exempt, except those who are without sin.

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