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1847 "God created us without us: but he did not will to save us without us." ¹¹⁶ To receive his mercy, we must admit our faults. "If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just, and will forgive our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness." ¹¹⁷

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116 St. Augustine, Sermo 169, 11, 13: PL 38, 923.

117 I Jn 1:8-9.

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