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cap._n 21._o by_o the_o best_a historiographer_n and_o other_o approve_a author_n of_o the_o ancient_a church_n for_o deny_v priest_n to_o have_v power_n to_o forgive_v some_o sort_n of_o the_o more_o heinous_a crime_n our_o protestant_n exceed_v the_o novatians_n therein_o for_o they_o hold_v that_o priest_n have_v no_o power_n to_o pardon_v any_o sin_n at_o all_o either_o little_a or_o great_a but_o only_o to_o pronounce_v they_o absolve_v for_o the_o satisfaction_n of_o the_o congregation_n and_o m._n abbot_n do_v upon_o mere_a surmise_n go_v about_o very_o ignorant_o to_o colour_v their_o deceit_n 187._o page_n 187._o in_o say_v that_o the_o novatians_n deny_v absolution_n not_o from_o any_o sin_n but_o only_o from_o the_o sentence_n of_o excommunication_n ibidem_fw-la ibidem_fw-la for_o both_o socrates_n and_o sozomene_n do_v affirm_v in_o plain_a term_n the_o novatians_n to_o have_v teach_v that_o it_o lay_v not_o in_o the_o power_n of_o a_o priest_n but_o in_o god_n alone_o 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