FOOTNOTES
[1] Luther quotes from the Vulgate and frequently from memory, a fact which should always be remembered in comparing his quotations from the text of Scripture.
[2] Vulgate, Justus prior est accusator.
[3] The apocryphal Prayer of Manasseh was included by Luther as an appendix to this treatise.
[4] Augustine Conf., X, 29.
[5] i. e., Forced to confess hidden sins.
[6] The so-called "science of casuistry," by which the moral value of an act is determined and the exact degree of guilt attaching to a given sin is estinated.
[7] Cf. Small Catechism, "Of Confession," Ques. "What sins ought we to confess?"
[8] The decrees of the Popes collected in the Canon Law. The decretal here referred to is C. Omnis Utriusque, X. de poententiis et remissionibus.
[9] Anecdotes illustrating the doctrines of the Church were favorite contents of the sermons in Luther's day. Various collections of these edifying legends are still extant. Cf. p. 224, and note.