Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) n. 9451

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9451. Sins are thought to have been wiped away - or washed away, as dirt usually is by water - when they have been forgiven. But in actual fact they remain with a person; they are said to have been wiped away because that is what appears to have happened when a person is withheld from them.


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