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Robert Rainy

The principle that certain sins should not receive the Church's testimony of forgiveness was probably no novelty at all, but had been applied in various churches perhaps, however, with no strict consistency.

Robert Rainy

Forgiveness

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Robert Rainy is saying that the idea of withholding the Church's official forgiveness for some sins was likely an old practice rather than a new one. However, this rule had been enforced unevenly across different churches, without a clear or consistent approach.

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