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The Augsburg Confession, translated from the Latin from The Book of Concord, edited by Robert Kolb and Timothy J Wengert. About the Editor Robert Kolb is Missions Professor of Systematic Theology at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis. About the Editor Timothy J. Wengert is Professor of Church History at the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia.

[X. Concerning the Supper of the Lord] Concerning the Lord’s Supper they teach that the body and blood of Christ are truly present and are distributed to those who eat the Lord’s Supper. They disapprove of those who teach otherwise. [XI. Concerning Confession] Concerning confession they teach that private absolution should be retained in the churches, although an enumeration of all faults in confession is not necessary. For this is impossible according to the psalm [19:12*]: “But who can detect
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