Note 775 — Chapter III · THE DUTIES OF THE CONFESSOR AFTER THE CONFESSION
Richard F. (Richard Frederick) Clarke translation
The duty is here considered in so far as it belongs to virtus religionis, for the defamation arising from breaking the seal may be very slight, or wholly absent, and the breach of confidence may easily be of small significance. But levitas periculi of breaking the seal is by no means to be confounded with parvitas materiæ; for there exists no duty to avoid every slight and improbable danger of breaking it; this would cause too great anxiety of conscience. Nevertheless every confessor will be very careful to preserve this seal intact. Cf. S. Alph. l. c. nn. 633, 661.