Note 143 — Chapter I · CONTRITION

Cf. Trid. Sess. XIV. cp. 4 et can. 5, which is directed against Luther’s doctrine that all fear of punishment is wicked, and that imperfect contrition, founded on the fear of hell, by making a man a hypocrite, makes him a greater sinner. Cf. Bellarmin, De Pœn. Lib. II. cp. 2; Möhler, Symbolism, § 33. Luther’s error was in part adopted by Baius, Jansenius, and Quesnel. Cf. Prop. 60, 61, 62 et 67 Quesnellii a P. M. Clem. XI in Bulla “Unigenitus,” proscript; Prop. 15 et 16 damn. ab Alexandro VIII, in which some of Quesnel’s errors are again condemned.