Whether the sixteen conditions usually assigned are necessary for confession?

❌ Objection 1 : It would seem that the conditions assigned by masters, and contained in the following lines, are not requisite for confession:Simple, humble, pure, faithful,Frequent, undisguised, discreet, voluntary,shamefaced,Entire, secret, tearful, not delayed,Courageously accusing, ready to obey. For fidelity, simplicity, and courage are virtues by themselves, and therefore should not be reckoned as conditions of confession.

❌ Objection 2 : Further, a thing is "pure" when it is not mixed with anything else: and "simplicity," in like manner, removes composition and admixture. Therefore one or the other is superfluous.

❌ Objection 3 : Further, no one is bound to confess more than once a sin which he has committed but once. Therefore if a man does not commit a sin again, his penance need not be "frequent."

❌ Objection 4 : Further, confession is directed to satisfaction. But satisfaction is sometimes public. Therefore confession should not always be "secret."

❌ Objection 5 : Further, that which is not in our power is not required of us. But it is not in our power to shed "tears." Therefore it is not required of those who confess.