{A final method of forgiveness], albeit hard and laborious [is] the remission of sins through penance, when the sinner.....but does not shrink from declaring his sin to a priest of the Lord and from seeking medicine, after the manner of him who say, 'I said, "To the Lord I will accuse myself of my iniquity....} (Homilies on Leviticus 2:4 [A.D. 248]).
Ammin: ""[hab A filial dambi dhaaf], inkastoo ay adag tahay oo caadi ah [waa] dembidhaafka uu dembiyadii hore loo marayo Falsau, markii mid dembi ah. . . ma ihin ka dembigiisa odhanaya in wadaad ah ee Rabbiga iyo ka daawo doonaya, cayn kan la yidhaahdo, ka dib ""waxaan is-idhi, Rabbiga u, aniga qudhaydu waxaan ashtakaynayo of xumaantaydii."" "" (Origen, Homilies in Leviticus 2: 4 - AD 248)