What arguments do the Church Fathers make for nocturnal emissions not being a sin?
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Augustine addresses this question in his commentary On the Literal Meaning of Genesis: Book XII, section 31 (or 15 depending on your version). He ascribes the lack of sin to the involuntariness. He notes that well-disposed, chaste souls have some merits which "shine out even in dreams," although even chaste people may have nocturnal emissions.
John Cassian takes this up in Conference 22 of his Conferences, but it is hard to find a version that does not omit that conference.
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