Note 690 — Chapter I · THE ESSENTIAL DUTIES OF THE CONFESSOR IN THE EXERCISE OF HIS OFFICE; OR, THE CONFESSOR CONSIDERED IN HIS OFFICE OF JUDGE
Richard F. (Richard Frederick) Clarke translation
Upon the origin of this practice, of which no trace is found in the works of the older theologians, Ballerini enlarges in his notes on Gury, II. n. 621. He does not discover it in the practice and teaching of the Jansenists, but rather in the endeavor of the younger theologians to find means by which the faithful may be better assisted in laying aside a bad habit, roused from indolence and negligence, and moved to holy zeal.