<prompt> Translate the following text to EnglishKama ilivyoelezwa katika kitabu cha The New Testament of the Church, mashahidi wa Yesu walikuwa wafuasi wa Yesu ambao walikuwa waumini wa kwanza wa Kanisa Katoliki la Ulaya.  <response>: This form of justification, which became known as laxism, may explain why Jesuit priests were the confessors of choice among Europes Catholic aristocracy. 