Pre-emptive penance was researched and developed by the Consistorial Court of Discipline, but not yet known to the wider Holy Church and other branches of the Magisterium. It involved doing intense and fervent penance for a sin not yet committed. Once enough "credit" had been built towards a particular sin, such as murder, the penitent was granted absolution in advance.[1]
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- ↑ The Amber Spyglass, Chapter 6