absolutio

Catholic convictions in which the League originated; but, to the honour of Sixtus V, he would not, in the most tragic moments of his pontificate, compromise himself too far with a movement which flouted the authority of Henry III, the legitimate king; neither would he admit the maxim: "Culpam non pænam aufert absolutio peccati"

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913

* De Confessione docent, quod absolutio privata in Ecclesiis retinenda: [10005] 1

The Creeds of the Evangelical Protestant Churches. 1889

Ipse enim est justitia nostra, vita et resurrectio, denique plenitudo et absolutio fidelium omnium, salusque et sufficientia abundantissima.

The Creeds of the Evangelical Protestant Churches. 1889

De Confessione docent, quod absolutio privata in Ecclesiis retinenda

The Creeds of the Evangelical Protestant Churches. 1889

(Nequaquam in ecclesia confessio et absolutio abolenda est, &c.;) and he is speaking of

American Lutheranism Vindicated; or, Examination of the Lutheran Symbols, on Certain Disputed Topics Including a Reply to the Plea of Rev. W. J. Mann 1836