Note 52 — Part I PENANCE AS A VIRTUE AND AS A SACRAMENT

Suarez, Disp. 20, Sect. 3, n. 8, and Disp. 58, Sect. 1, n. 3; Lehmkuhl, l. c. Cap. III. Sect. 1, n. 258; Aertnys, l. c. Cap. III. art. 1, n. 174. Without satisfaction the Sacrament is there in its essence, but it is not quite perfect, as a man without legs is, indeed, a man essentially, but not a complete and perfect one. For this Sacrament was instituted for the complete removal of sin, both guilt and punishment; thus it produces not only remission of the guilt and of the eternal punishment (in which may be included a portion of the temporal punishment), in consequence of the absolution, but also remission of the temporal punishment by the performance of the penance imposed; hence the satisfaction is a part of the Sacrament which produces these effects. Cf. Lugo, De Pœn. Disp. 12, n. 40.