“He spent her whole time in the exercise of public confession, weeping over and lamenting the defilement which she had received.”
— Irenaeus (c. 180)
Against Heresies, Book 1, Chapter 13, Paragraph 5
“They were baptized, confessing their own sins… It is matter for thankfulness if we now publicly confess our iniquities.”
— Tertullian (c. 198)
On Baptism, Chapter 20
“In smaller sins sinners may do penance… come to public confession, and by imposition of the hand of the bishop and clergy receive the right of communion.”
— Cyprian of Carthage (c. 250)
Epistles, Epistle 9, Paragraph 2
“I entreat you… that each one should confess his own sin, while his confession may be received… while the remission made by the priests is pleasing to the Lord.”
— Cyprian of Carthage (c. 250)
Treatise 3, Paragraph 29
