Article XI: Of Confession · 11 of 28
The Augsburg Confession
English, translated by F. Bente and W. H. T. Dau — Bente and Dau translation, Triglot Concordia, 1921
Of Confession they teach that Private Absolution ought to be retained in the churches, although in confession an enumeration of all sins is not necessary. For it is impossible according to the Psalm: Who can understand his errors? Ps. 19, 12.