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980 It is through the sacrament of Penance that the baptized can be reconciled with God and with the Church:

Penance has rightly been called by the holy Fathers "a laborious kind of baptism." This sacrament of Penance is necessary for salvation for those who have fallen after Baptism, just as Baptism is necessary for salvation for those who have not yet been reborn. ⁵²⁵

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CHAPTER THREE: I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY SPIRIT

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ARTICLE 10: "I BELIEVE IN THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS"

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525 Council Of Trent (1551): DS 1672; Cf. St. Gregory Of Nazianzus, Oratio 39, 17: PG 36, 356.

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