Council of Carthage (418): source notes

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Doctrine T27

See T27 reasoning.

T27 S1: Canon on 1 John 1:8

• Source: https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/3816.htm (public-domain English translation)
• Text: “John the Apostle says, If we shall say that we have no sin we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us, whosoever thinks that this should be so understood as to mean that out of humility, we ought to say that we have sin, and not because it is really so, let him be anathema.”
• Context: The saints truly sin.
• Bears on: T27.2
• Status: verified (English)