On Repentance
Tertullian
Chapter 9
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Chapter IX.—Concerning the Outward Manifestations by Which This Second Repentance is to Be Accompanied.
The narrower, then, the sphere of action of this second
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On Repentance
Tertullian
The narrower, then, the sphere of action of this second
Utter confession.
For the meaning of “satisfaction,” see Hooker Eccl. Pol. vi. 5, where several references to the present treatise occur. [Elucidation II.]
Sordibus.
Cf. Ps. xxii. 1 (in LXX. xxii. 3), xxxviii. 8 (in the LXX. xxxvii. 9). Cf. Heb. v. 7.
Tertullian changes here to the second person, unless Oehler’s “tuum” be a misprint for “suum.”
“Suæ,” which looks as if the “tuum” above should be “suum.” [St. James v. 16.]