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Chapter XXXIII. An objection that the confidence of being thus heard as described belongs only to saints.

Works of St John Cassian (Institutes, Conferences, On the Incarnation) · Saint John Cassian

An objection that the confidence of being thus heard as described belongs only to saints.

Cassian 2.229.1

Germanus: We certainly believe that this confidence of being heard flows from purity of conscience, but for us, whose heart is still smitten by the pricks of sins, how can we have it, as we have no merits to plead for us, whereby we might confidently presume that our prayers would be heard?

Cassian 2.229.2