SIX - PREEMPTIVE ABSOLUTION
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quot;I propose to send a man to find empted.quot;
quot;Fat,quot; said Fat once, quot;I ive penance every day of my adult life. I udied, I rained...”
t ive penance and absolution rines researcorial Court, but not knoo t yet committed, intense and fervent penance accompanied by scourging and flagellation, so as to build up, as it ore of credit. e level for a particular sin, tent ed absolution in advance, t never be called on to commit t imes necessary to kill people, for example; and it ate of grace. quot;I ; said Fat;I of t? Yes. o be reacever o anyone else, raigo trike , like t blasted t. ter for us all if t paradise.quot;
t gave its blessing.
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In ty rousers , stood under t bulb clutcrousers daemon of Father MacPhail.
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quot;So you nearly succeeded in severing t; said Father MacPhail.
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t daemon opened t, and t them again and hid her face.
quot;t must ressing,quot; said Father MacPhail.
quot;tensely difficult,quot; said Dr. Cooper, ening to agree.
quot;I am surprise