Quote #8

Sins are not forgiven to anyone, unless when the priest forgives them he believes they are forgiven;

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  1. That there are three parts to penance: contrition, confession, and satisfaction, has no foundation in Sacred Scripture nor in the ancient s…
  2. Hence, I say, trust confidently, if you have obtained the absolution of the priest, and firmly believe yourself to have been absolved, and …
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  4. Christians must be taught to cherish excommunications rather than to fear them.
  5. The inflammable sources of sin, even if there be no actual sin, delay a soul departing from the body from entrance into heaven.
  6. It has served us well, this myth of Christ.
  7. To deny that in a child after baptism sin remains is to treat with contempt both Paul and Christ.
  8. It is a heretical opinion, but a common one, that the sacraments of the New Law give pardoning grace to those who do not set up an obstacle.

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