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What the Fathers say

Mark 1:5

Western Saints

Jerome

The baptism of John did not so much consist in the forgiveness of sins as in being a baptism of repentance for the remission of sins, that is, for a future remission, which was to follow through the sanctification of Christ.

The Dialogue Against The Luciferians 7 ↗

Bede

An example of confessing their sins and of promising to lead a new life, is held out to those who desire to be baptized, by those words which follow, confessing their sins.

Catena Aurea by Aquinas ↗