But our Lord’s saying, Man, thy sins are forgiven, conveys the meaning that the man had his sins forgiven him, because in that he was man, he could not say, “I have not sinned,” but at the same time also, that He who forgave sins might be known to be God.
Reproduced in full. Translation: Oxford 1841 (Newman), public domain (Public domain).
Also cites: de con. Ev. lib. ii. c. 25.