ST Suppl., q. 11
Of the Seal of Confession
Supplement — compiled posthumously from Aquinas's early Sentences commentary
We must now inquire about the seal of confession, about which there are five points of inquiry:
(1) Whether in every case a man is bound to hide what he knows under the seal of confession?
(2) Whether the seal of confession extends to other matters than those which have reference to confession?
(3) Whether the priest alone is bound by the seal of confession?
(4) Whether, by permission of the penitent, the priest can make known to another, a sin of his which he knew under the seal of confession?
(5) Whether he is bound to hide even what he knows through other sources besides?
Articles
- a. 1Whether in every case the priest is bound to hide the sins which he knows under the seal of confession?
- a. 2Whether the seal of confession extends to other matters than those which have reference to confession?
- a. 3Whether the priest alone is bound by the seal of confession?
- a. 4Whether by the penitent's permission, a priest may reveal to another a sin which he knows under the seal of confession?
- a. 5Whether a man may reveal that which he knows through confession and through some other source besides?