ST III, q. 88
Of the Return of Sins which Have Been Taken Away by Penance
We must now consider the return of sins which have been taken away by Penance: under which head there are four points of inquiry:
(1) Whether sins which have been taken away by Penance return simply through a subsequent sin?
(2) Whether more specially as regards certain sins they return, in a way, on account of ingratitude?
(3) Whether the debt of punishment remains the same for sins thus returned?
(4) Whether this ingratitude, on account of which sins return, is a special sin?
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- a. 1Whether sins once forgiven return through a subsequent sin?
- a. 2Whether sins that have been forgiven, return through ingratitude which is shown especially in four kinds of sin?
- a. 3Whether the debt of punishment that arises through ingratitude in respect of a subsequent sin is as great as that of the sins previously pardoned?
- a. 4Whether the ingratitude whereby a subsequent sin causes the return of previous sins, is a special sin?