Alexander VII, 1655-1667

1136. 36. Regulars can in the forum of conscience use their privileges which were expressly revoked by the Council of Trent.

1137. 37. Indulgences conceded to regulars and revoked by Paul V are today revalidated.

1138. 38. The mandate of the Council of Trent, made for the priest who of necessity performs the Sacrifice while in mortal sin, to confess as soon as possible [see note 880], is a recommendation, not a precept.

1139. 39. The expression "quam primum" is understood to be when the priest will confess in his own time.

1140. 40. It is a probable opinion which states that a kiss is only venial when performed for the sake of the carnal and sensible¹ delight which arises from the kiss, if danger of further consent and pollution is excluded.

1141. 41. One living in concubinage is not bound to dismiss the concubine, if she is very useful for the pleasure of him so living (in the vernacular, "regalo") provided that if she [another reading: he] were missing, he would carry on life with very great difficulty, and other food would affect him living in concubinage with great loathing, and another maid servant would be found with very great difficulty.

1142. 42. It is permitted one who borrows money to exact something beyond the principal, if he obligates himself not to seek the principal until a certain time.

1143. 43. An annual legacy left for the soul does not bind for more than ten years.

1144. 44. So far as the forum of conscience is concerned, when the guilty has been corrected and the contumacy ceases, the censures cease.

1145. 45. Books prohibited "until they are expurgated" can be retained until they are corrected by the application of diligence.

All these are condemned and prohibited, at least as scandalous.

Perfect and Imperfect Contrition²

[From the decree of the Sacred Office, May 5, 1667]

1146. Concerning the controversy: Whether that attrition, which is inspired by the fear of hell, excluding the will to sin, with the hope of pardon, to obtain grace in the sacrament of penance requires in addition some act of love of God, to some asserting this, and to others denying it, and in turn censuring the opposite opinion: . . . His Holiness . . . orders . . . that if they later write about the matter of the aforementioned attrition, or publish books or writings or teach or preach or in any manner whatever instruct penitents or students and others, let them not dare change either opinion with a note of any theological censure or