Originally published at: https://concordia.confident.faith/augsburg-confession/article-xi/
1 Of Confession they teach that Private Absolution ought to be retained in the churches, although in confession
2 an enumeration of all sins is not necessary. For it is impossible according to the Psalm: Who can understand his errors? Ps. 19:12.
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