‘Catholicity, Apostolicity, and the consent of the Fathers, is the proper evidence of the fidelity or apostolicity of a professed Tradition’ J.H. Newman, Lectures on the Prophetical Office of the Church 1837, p. 62
Repentance is not concerned with consequences. This is what distinguishes it from remorse, which is inspired principally by the fear of unpleasant consequences.
