Note 82 — Part I PENANCE AS A VIRTUE AND AS A SACRAMENT
Richard F. (Richard Frederick) Clarke translation
It is not de necessitate to raise the hand at the Indulgentiam, to make the sign of the cross at the in nomine Patris, etc., or to uncover the head in giving the absolution; and distinguished authors maintain that it is not sinful to omit these ceremonies; it is advisable, however, in this matter to conform to custom. Scavini, Theol. Moral. Universa, Tom. IV. n. 76.