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  • Aphesis hamartiōn, which we have by faith in Christ, is only a dismission of sin from being pleadable unto our condemnation; on which account “there is no condemnation unto them that are in Christ Jesus.”

    The Doctrine of Justification by Faith 1616-1683 1965

  • Aphesis is the loss of the unaccented first syllable, as in 'baccy and' later.

    The Romance of Names Ernest Weekley 1909

  • They cite, as proof that this is so, the fact that the Greeks used to say: _Lais Aphesis (laois aphsesis) _, which also means that they had been pardoned.

    Apology of the Augsburg Confession Philipp Melanchthon 1528

  • Please come again: Tony Williams of the Aphesis Apostolic

    SFGate: Top News Stories SF Gate Staff 2010

  • Please come again: Tony Williams of the Aphesis Apostolic

    SFGate: Top News Stories SF Gate Staff 2010

  • Please come again: Tony Williams of the Aphesis Apostolic

    SFGate: Top News Stories SF Gate Staff 2010

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