Prior to that, only bishops and special confessors had been able to give absolution.
在此之前,只有主教和特定的告解神父才能宽恕信徒。

And one of the things that's always thought it was intriguing is that Ellis, if so, Harold Hardrada's wife, one of her sisters has married Edward the exile, who is the half brother of Edward the confessor.
其中一件常被认为颇具趣味的事情是,如果情况属实, 那么哈罗德·哈德拉达的妻子埃莉丝, 她的一个姐妹嫁给了流亡者爱德华,而这位爱德华正是忏悔者爱德华的同父异母兄弟。 由此可见,即便是英格兰也卷入了这场错综复杂的斯堪的纳维亚联姻网络之中。
So the confessors in Seville probably didn't see themselves as actual heretics— instead, they were hedging their bets by reporting themselves when the consequences were low, rather than risking imprisonment or torture if someone else accused them later on.
因此,塞维利亚的忏悔神父可能
不认为自己是真正的异教徒——相反,他们通过在后果不严重时报告自己来对冲他们的赌注, 而不是冒着被其他人后来指控他们而被监禁或遭受酷刑的风险。
And then because I have this funny role in society as the world's confessor of introverts, They all come up to me at conferences and things and tell me what they're really feeling and, you know, who they really are.
由于我在社会中扮演了一个有趣的角色——内向者的倾诉对象,所以每当参加会议或其他活动时, 人们都会走到我面前, 向我倾诉他们内心的真实感受,以及他们真实的自我。