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== Origen == | == Origen == | ||
Third-century Church Father and theologian Origen of Alexandria advocated voluntary confession. He wrote: | Third-century Church Father and theologian [[Origen of Alexandria]] advocated voluntary confession. He wrote: | ||
<blockquote>If we ... are ourselves our own accusers, we escape the malice of the Devil, (who is our enemy and accuser); for so the Prophet elsewhere says: “Tell thou thine iniquities before (thou be accused), that thou mayest be justified,” and David also in the same spirit saith in the Psalms, “I made bare mine iniquity and hid not my sins.”...</blockquote> | <blockquote>If we ... are ourselves our own accusers, we escape the malice of the Devil, (who is our enemy and accuser); for so the Prophet elsewhere says: “Tell thou thine iniquities before (thou be accused), that thou mayest be justified,” and David also in the same spirit saith in the Psalms, “I made bare mine iniquity and hid not my sins.”...</blockquote> | ||