Note 941 — Chapter II · THE TREATMENT OF PENITENTS IN DIFFERENT EXTERNAL CIRCUMSTANCES
Richard F. (Richard Frederick) Clarke translation
Aertnys says in his Institut. practica, cp. 2, art. 1, n. 122, that the confessor must ask the children if they know the articles of faith which every Christian is bound to know, and if they do not, he must, if time allows, patiently instruct them concerning these articles, at least concerning the doctrines necessary to salvation, etc., but this can only happen in exceptional cases, scarcely when there has been given a good course of previous instruction.