in atonement for sin can we make satisfaction to God the Father through Jesus Christ, or by punishments imposed by the judgment of the priest according to the measure of our offense, but also, (and this is the greatest proof of love) by the temporal afflictions imposed by God and patiently borne by us [can. 13]. 1 907 [DS 1694] It has seemed fit to the holy Synod to add to the preceding doctrine on penance the following matters concerning the sacrament
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