Did I intentionally fail to confess some mortal sin in my previous Confession ... day of obligation through my own fault, without any serious reason? Did I fast and abstain on the prescribed ...

St. Cyprian of Carthage, "Treatise VII," c. 250 A.D. "The clergyman who is deposed for mortal sin, shall not be excommunicated." St. Basil the Great, "Canonical Letter" c. 374 A.D. "There are ...