Question 89 — The Recovery of Virtue by Means of Penance

We must now consider the recovery of virtues by means of penance, under which head there are six points of inquiry:

(1) Whether virtues are restored through penance?

• (2) Whether they are restored in equal measure?
• (3) Whether equal dignity is restored to the penitent?
• (4) Whether works of virtue are deadened by subsequent sin?
• (5) Whether works deadened by sin revive through penance?
• (6) Whether dead works, i.e., works that are done without charity, are quickened by penance?