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• Uniuersis [et] singulis d[omi]nici gregis pastorib[us] [et] curatis q[ui]bus sapie[n]tis dictamine sui pecoris multu[m] petri iudicio agnoscere iubet[ur] presentiu[m] tenore innotescat [blank] hoc breue testimoniale deferente[m] et canonica[m] fecisse confessione[m] [et] absolucionis beneficiu[m] participasse indulgentiaru[m] virtute in euentuali ecclesia fratrum Augustinensium [blank] celebrataru[m] t[em]p[or]e quadragesimali. Anno salutis romana computatione. M.d.xvii ([London : Printed by Robert Pynson?, 1517]), by Augustinians (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• Uniuersis et singulis d[omi]nici gregis pastorib[us] [et] curatis ([London : [R. Pynson], Anno salutis. M.D.xxiiii. [1524]]), by Augustinians and Catholic Church (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• The apostles Paul and James reconciled in the point of justification, and the controversies about it among Christians amicably composed ([London? : s.n., 1670]), by Charles Gataker (HTML at EEBO TCP)

• Ryght notable sermon, made by Doctor Martyn Luther, uppon the twenteth chapter of Johan, of absolution and the true use of the keyes. (Imprinted at Ippeswich : By Anthony Scoloker. Dwellyng in. S. Nycholas paryshe, Anno. 1548), by Martin Luther and Richard Argentine (HTML at EEBO TCP)

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• Confession and absolution, being the sixth book of the laws of ecclesiastical polity by that learned and judicious divine, Mr. Richard Hooker. (London : C. Murray, 1901), by Richard Hooker and John Harding (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Confession and absolution. (Philadelphia, Cunningham, 1884), by Thomas John Capel (page images at HathiTrust)
• Tractatus in casus reservatos tam in genere quam in specie, (Brixinae, Typis & sumptibus Krapf, 1770), by Martinus Stubenpeck (page images at HathiTrust)
• Origines ecclesiasticæ : The antiquities of the Christian church. (London, Reeves and Turner, 1878), by Joseph Bingham (page images at HathiTrust)
• Trial of the Rev. O.S. Prescott, presbyter of the Diocese of Massachusetts, on charges of heresy, &c. (New York : John R. M'Gown, printer, 1851), by Oliver Sherman Prescott and Episcopal Church Diocese of Massachusetts (page images at HathiTrust)
• A history of auricular confession and indulgences in the Latin church / (Philadelphia : Lea Bros., 1896), by Henry Charles Lea (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ablassentwicklung und Ablassinhalt im 11. Jahrhundert : drei Aufsätze / (Stuttgart : F. Enke, 1907), by Adolf Gottlob (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Confession and absolution; an investigation of the teaching of the Bible and Prayer book, (London, New York [etc.] Longmans, Green, 1906), by Alfred G. Mortimer (page images at HathiTrust)
• Absolution : examined in the light of primitive practice / (New York : T. Whittaker, [c1894]), by Hugh Miller Thompson (page images at HathiTrust)
• The importance of religious reserve, and the teaching of the Church of England upon confession and absolution [electronic resource] : three sermons preached in the church of St. James the Apostle / ([Montréal? : s.n.], 1873), by R. W. Norman (page images at HathiTrust)
• A charge delivered to the clergy of the Diocese of Huron, in St. Paul's Cathedral, London, Canada West, at his triennial visitation, in June, 1862 [electronic resource] / ([London, Ont.? : s.n.], 1862), by United Church of England and Ireland. Diocese of Huron. Bishop (1857-1868 : Cronyn) and Benjamin Cronyn (page images at HathiTrust)
• Apostolical letter of our Holy Father Pope Pius IX proclaiming a universal jubilee to implore the Divine assistance [electronic resource]. ([Québec? : s.n., 1847]), by Catholic Church. Pope (1846-1878 : Pius IX) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Le jubilé de 1913 [ressource électronique] : à l'usage du clergé, des communauté s et des fidèles du Canada et des États-Unis / ([Montréal? : s.n., 1913?]), by Joseph Saint-Denis (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• A history of auricular confession and indulgences in the Latin church / (London : Swan Sonnenschein, 1896), by Henry Charles Lea (page images at HathiTrust)
• A voice from Connecticut; occasioned by the late pastoral letter of the Bishop of North Carolina to the clergy and laity of his diocese. (Hartford, A.C. Goodman, 1849), by Samuel F. Jarvis (page images at HathiTrust)
• Priestly confession & absolution : a sermon preached in Fort Massey Presbyterian Church, Halifax, N.S., on Sabbath evening, 25th Nov., 1883 ; together with the "C" correspondence [electronic resource] / ([Halifax, N.S.? : s.n.], 1884), by R. F. Burns (page images at HathiTrust)
• Indulgence de la portioncule ou Grand pardon d'Assise [ressource électronique] / (Québec : F.-N. Faber, 1894), by X..... (page images at HathiTrust)
• The remission of venial sin / (Washington : Catholic University of America Press, 1959), by John Joseph O'Brien (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Doct. Francisci Suarez Granatensis, ex Societate Iesu, Tractatus theologicus, de vera intelligentia auxilii efficacis, eiúque concordia, cum libero arbitrio : opys posthumum, ad stabiliendas definitiones fidei, à S.D.N. Innocentio X. contra Iansenium eiéusque partiarios, editas, accommodatum : prodit nunc primum. (Lugduni : Sumpt. Philip. Borde, Laur. Arnaud, & Cl. Rigaud, M. DC. LV [1655]), by Francisco Suárez and Théophraste Renaudot, contrib. by Claude Rigaud, Laurent Arnaud, Philippe Borde, and France) Société de Marie (Montbel (page images at HathiTrust)
• The absolution formula of the templars / ([New York] : The Knickerbocker Press, 1893), by Henry Charles Lea (page images at HathiTrust)
• An examination of the theories of absolution and confession lately propounded in the University of Oxford ... (Oxford, J. Vincent [etc., etc.], 1847), by Robert French Laurence (page images at HathiTrust)
• Origines ecclesiasticæ : the antiquities of the Christian church : with two sermons and two letters on the nature and necessity of absolution / (London : H. G. Bohn, 1867), by Joseph Bingham (page images at HathiTrust)
• Entire absolution of the penitent : a sermon mostly preached before the University, in the cathedral Church of Christ in Oxford on the fourth Sunday after Epiphany / (Oxford : J. H. Parker ; London : F. and J. Rivington, 1846), by E. B. Pusey (page images at HathiTrust)
• Entire absolution of the penitent : Sermon II. Judge thyself, that thou be not judged of the Lord. A sermon preached before the University, in the Cathedral Church of Christ, in Oxford, on the first Sunday in Advent, 1846 / (Oxford : J. H. Parker ; London : F. and J. Rivington, 1846), by E. B. Pusey (page images at HathiTrust)
• A letter to the Lord Bishop of London, on confession and absolution : with special reference to the case of the Rev. Alfred Poole / (London : J.T. Hayes, Lyall Place, Eaton Square, 1858), by Robert Liddell (page images at HathiTrust)
• On confession and absolution : a pastoral letter to the clergy and laity of the Diocese of Lincoln / (Lincoln : James Williamson ; London ; Oxford ; Cambridge : Rivingtons, 1874), by Church of England. Diocese of Lincoln. Bishop (1868-1885 : Wordsworth) and Christopher Wordsworth (page images at HathiTrust)
• Thoughts on confession and absolution : as enjoined, or allowed, in the Church of England : with some remarks on the priestly office, being a sequel to a tract, entitled "Quid Romae faciam?, or, No need to join the Romish communion on account of the want of discipline in the Church of England" / (London : Francis & John Rivington, St. Paul's Churchyard, and Waterloo Place, 1851), by Thomas Bowdler (page images at HathiTrust)
• Confession and absolution / (Philadelphia : P. F. Cunningham, 1884), by T. J. Capel (page images at HathiTrust)
• Absolution, examined in the light of primitive practice / (Hartford, Conn. : Church Press, 1872), by Hugh Miller Thompson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Origines ecclesiasticæ. The antiquities of the Christian church. With two sermons and two letters on the nature and necessity of absolution. (London, H. G. Bohn, 1856), by Joseph Bingham (page images at HathiTrust)
• An enquiry into the doctrine of the Church of England upon absolution. (London : William Pickering, 1849), by William Maskell (page images at HathiTrust)
• Dokumente zum Ablasstreit von 1517. (Tübingen und Leipzig : J.C.B. Mohr, 1902), by Walther Köhler (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Die Privatbeichte und Privatabsolution der Lutherischen Kirche aus den Quellen des XVI. Jahrhunderts : hauptsächlich aus Luthers Schriften und den alten Kirchenordnungen / (Frankfurt a. M. : K.T. Völcker, 1854), by Georg Eduard Steitz (page images at HathiTrust)
• A history of auricular confession and indulgences in the Latin church. (Philadelphia : Lea Brothers, 1896), by Henry Charles Lea (page images at HathiTrust)
• Das Amt der Schlüssel / (Hannover : Carl Rümpler, 1864), by Heinrich Ludolf Ahrens (page images at HathiTrust)
• Kirkelige vidnesbyrd om absolutionen / (Christiania : P. T. Malling, 1881), by Knud Karl Krogh-Tonning (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Confession and Absolution, by T. J. Capel (Gutenberg ebook)
• The case of the two absolvers that were tryed at the Kings-Bench-Bar at Westminster on Thursday the 2d of July 1696 for giving absolution at the place of execution to Sir John Friend and Sir William Parkens. (London : [s.n.], 1696), by Jeremy Collier (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• A letter concerning confession and absolution:: written to a friend som yeers since. And now proposed to the consideration of the gathered churches in London. Imprimatur, John Downame. (London : Printed by Francis Neile, 1650), by T. S. (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• The great question in the case of the absolution of Sir John Friend and Sir William Parkens: which will be insisted on at the trial of the absolvers 'tis presum'd will be, whether the giving them absolution at the place of execution, was a lawful, or unlawful act. That it was a lawful act, appears to me from the following considerations; ([London : s.n., 1696]), by Jeremy Collier (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• A treatise of the confession of sinne, and chiefly as it is made unto the priests and ministers of the Gospel together with the power of the keys, and of absolution. (London : Printed by J.G. for Andr. Crook ..., 1657), by Thomas Ailesbury (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• Paradise promised by a dying Saviour to the penitent thief on the cross. A sermon delivered at Cambridge, on Thursday the eighteenth of November, immediately preceeding the execution of Alexander White, Richard Barrick and John Sullivan. : With an appendix, exhibiting some account of their conversation and behaviour in prison, &c. / By Timothy Hilliard, A.M. Pastor of the First Church in Cambridge. (Boston: : Printed and sold by E. Russell, in Essex-Street, next door to Liberty-Pole., M,DCC,LXXXV. [1785]), by Timothy Hilliard (HTML at Evans TCP)

• Dr. Martin Luthers Lehren von Schlüsselamt, Kirchenzucht und Bann : in seinen eigenen Worten / (Greiz : H. Bredt, 1883), by Martin Luther and Chr. W. Vollert (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Laws, etc. (Printed at London : By Rouland Hall [and Thomas Hacket], dwellyng in Gutter Lane, at the sygne of the halfe Egle and the Keye, 1562), by Geneva (Switzerland) and Robert Fills (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• The glory of a true church, and its discipline display'd wherein a true gospel-church is described : together with the power of the keys, and who are to be let in, and who to be shut out / by Benjamin Keach. (London : [s.n.], 1697), by Benjamin Keach (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• Humble motion to the LL. of the Counsell. ([Edinburgh : Printed by R. Waldegrave], Anno 1590), by John Penry (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• The general pardon geuen longe agone, and sythe newly confyrmed, by our almightie Father, with many large priuileges, grauntes, and bulles graunted for euer, as it is to be seen hereafter: drawne out of Frenche, into English. By VVyllyam Hayvvard. (Imprinted at London : By VVyllyam Hovv, for VVyllyam Pickeringe, [1570?]), by William Hayward (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• The abuse of Gods grace: discovered in the kinds, causes, punishments, symptoms, cures, differences, cautions, and other practical improvements thereof. Proposed as a seasonable check to the wanton libertinisme of the present age. By Nicholas Claget, minister of the Gospel at Edmundsbury in Suffolk, M.A. of Magdalen Hall, Oxon. (Oxford : printed by A. Lichfield, for Thomas Robinson, and Samuel Pocock, 1659), by Nicholas Clagett and Henry Wilkinson (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• Provocator provocatus. Or, An answer made to an open challenge made by one M. Boatman in Peters Parish in Norwich, the 13th of December, 1654. in a sermon preached there at a fast, in which answer these questions are spoke to. 1. Whether juridicall suspension of some persons from the Lords Supper be deducible from Scripture; the affirmative is proved. : 2. Whether ministeriall or privative suspension be justifiable; the affirmative also is maintained. : 3. Whether the suspension of the ignorant and scandalous be a pharisaicall invention; a thing which wiser ages never thought of, as Mr Boatman falsly affirmed. In opposition to which is proved, that it hath been the judgment and practice of the eminent saints and servants of Christ, in all ages, of all other reformed churches in all times ... / By John Collings ... (London, : Printed for William Francklyng, bookseller in Norwich., 1654), by John Collinges and Mr Boatman (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• In D. Pauli priorem epistolam ad Timotheum commentarius. English. dedication ([Edinburgh : R. Waldegrave, 1590?]), by Lambert Daneau (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• Reflection, in vindication of one arch-deacon (and consequently of all) from the scurrilous and groundless invectives against him, (besides several other more eminent persons) in a late scandalous pamplet [sic], intituled, A pretended visitor visited. In a letter, &c. (London : printed for Awnsham Churchil, at the Black Swan in Ave-mary-Lane, MDCXC. [1690]) (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• Discipline des églises reformées de France. English. (London : Printed by E. P. for Nicholas Bourne ..., 1642) (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• [Hebrew] or, A (pretended) visitor visited for not visiting according to his bounden duty required by ancient and modern canons. In which is discover'd, how much iniquity abounds, by reason of his shameful, if not wilful neglect: at least how little care he hath taken to suppress it, by punishing or admonishing the guilty. Written by a friend to plain-dealing. (London : printed by H. Clark, for the author, and are to be sold by Randal Taylor, near Stationers-hall, 1690) (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• A survey of the summe of church-discipline. Wherein the vvay of the churches of New-England is warranted out of the vvord, and all exceptions of weight, which are made against it, answered : whereby also it will appear to the judicious reader, that something more must be said, then yet hath been, before their principles can be shaken, or they should be unsetled in their practice. / By Tho. Hooker, late pastor of the church at Hartford upon Connecticott in N.E. (London : Printed by A.M. for John Bellamy at the three Golden Lions in Cornhill, near the Royall Exchange, M.DC.XLVIII. [1648]), by Thomas Hooker (HTML at EEBO TCP)

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