318 ess&scs---com*ssstos. - [Boo; II We must therefore leave t? ?pic ?f?e we have p?rly u?n i? endle? va?et?es. 7. The ? obse? in conf?ion w?l ? wo? �brief s?ey, as it pre?es, in pan, for pr?ucing ?e evih of conf?on. In pdmifive church there w? no such thing ? priv? w?essi0n, since p?cfised in ?e Church of Rome. The Ca?c?sm of ?e Co?c? Trent d?l?es: "Secrecy should be s?cfiy obse?ed, ? well by penitent ? priest; and hence, ?cause in such circum?nc? ?recy must be i?ecure, no one can, on ?y account, conf?s by m?n?r or letter," p. 260. Ag?n: "But ? ?t are an?ous that ?eir sins should ? bu?ed in eternal secrecy, the fai?ful are ? be ud?n? t?t ?ere is ? rea?n whatever ? apprehend that what is m?e ?own in confession will ever ? revered by ?y priest, or ?at by it the penitent can at any time be bwught inw danger or d?culty of any son. All laws, human ?d &vine, ?ard the ?violab?ity of ?e of confession, and aga?st i? sacrile?o? infraction the chu?h d? nonces her heavie? chast?emen?. ' Let ?e p?t,' says the ?t Council of ?teran, '?ke es?cial care, neither by word, nor by any o?er means whatever, ? beamy, in ?e lent de?e, ?e ?cred tr? ?nfided w ?m by the sinner,'" p. 262. The instructions on t?s ?int ?ven to Roman Ca?olic p?es? ?me of ?eir seminaries tr? them to falseh?d; yea, more, ?eir ?e- olo?, ? a system, insists u?n p?, and dem?ds it of ?e? ?n- lessors. T? ? a hea? charge, ?d the ?oof ought to be c? for and pr?uced. Here is the pr?f: Peter Dens, in ?s Theolo?, wh?h is ?e cid-book in the Maynooth College, in Ireland, and is gene?y ?ed in most Roman Ca?olic theolo?c? sch?ls, and is approved by ?e ?i?g? of the Church of Rome, teach? as foHows what the duty of confessors is ? reference m what is communic?d to them in confession :-- fis? ? A?. None can be ?ven; ?though the ?rg or of a m?, or ?e ?s?uc?o?. of the commonweal, would depend thereon. For ?e ? him?lf c?ot dispon? wi? it i ?cau?e th? secrecy of ?e seal of confession is more binding than ?e oblivion of ? oa?, a vow, ? nat? secret, &e.; and it depen? on the five will of G? a? tmt? ? ? ? ? b? :??l ?f?s? ? Au. He ought m answer that ug ?o? so? ?sow ?; ?nd, if noce?, ? ? ? t? t? ; t?f?, &c. A?. The minor pm?iti? ? denied: ?o?se such a confes?r is in?ga?d ?s x ?, ?d a?we? .? ?; but he d?s not know ?is truth ? m?, ?gh ?owz ? ?s Gov ? St. Thom? Aquiuas says, q. ii, an. 1, ad. 3: and ?s sense pm?rIy e?sm n?ally in the ve? answer; for when he is interogued or an?wem in o?er cases th?n conferion, he is co?idored ? ? ?s. "But if onf, sor dict� etlt. r Imom tht Iq ?acramenta/rdmj?s?oa ? An?. In this ca?e he ought to answer no- thing: so says Steyart with Sy!viuo. But such an interrogation is to 1
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