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title: 'Dabney on the Life of Penitence'
type: post
author: 'R. Andrew Myers'
date: 2024-09-21
url: https://confessional.org/blog/2024-dabney-on-the-life-of-penitence
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# Dabney on the Life of Penitence

“The saint is a penitent, until he reaches heaven.” — [Robert L. Dabney](/authors/robert-lewis-dabney), *Systematic Theology* (1871), Part II, p.147