Clement of Alexandria The Instructor Book II

But the woman not having yet received the Word (for she was still a sinner), honoured the Lord with what she thought the most precious thing in her possession-the ointment; and with the ornament of her person, with her hair, she wiped off the superfluous ointment, while she expended on the Lord tears of repentance: "wherefore her sins are forgiven."[153]

Cyprian Treatise XII Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews

In the Gospel according to Luke: "To whom much is forgiven, he loveth much; and to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little."[817]

Constitutions of the Holy Apostles Book II

He says also to another, a woman that was a sinner: "Thy sins, which are many, are forgiven, for thou lovest much."[127]

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