Quote#Truth
No ignorance of truth is a personal sin before God, except that…
Quote byHenry Edward Manning · 1808–1892
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Sermons (London: William Pickering, 1850), Vol. 4, Sermon IV: "Christ Preached in Any Way a Cause of Joy", p. 76.
English (original)
No ignorance of truth is a personal sin before God, except that ignorance which springs from personal sin.
— Henry Edward Manning
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