estinated

Updated: May 2, 2025

i. e., Forced to confess hidden sins. 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. Cf. Small Catechism, "Of Confession," Ques. "What sins ought we to confess?" The decrees of the Popes collected in the Canon Law.

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