Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book VI But to all rational souls it was said from above, "Whatever one of you has done in ignorance, without clearly knowing God, if, on becoming conscious, he repent, all his sins will be forgiven him."[85] The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs IV But the God of my fathers, who is pitiful and merciful, pardoned me, because I did it in ignorance.[20]