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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.

Many other observances were gradually added to the existing vows. Moreover, these chains were put on many, contrary to the canons, before they had reached legal age. Many entered this kind of life mistakenly, for even though they were old enough, they could not assess their own strengths. Those who were thus entangled were compelled to remain, even though some could have been freed by appealing to the canons. This was more the case in the monasteries of women than in those of men, although the weaker
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