...earth to forgive sins ?" Did not he even communicate this power to his apostles? " Whosesoever sins jre remit, they are • remitted unto them ; and whosesoever sins ye retain, they are retained," John xx. 23. This ten must govern our interpretation of other pabsages containing the same...

...same manner ascribed to the Spirit. This was expressed in the very form of the apostles' ordination, Receive ye the Holy Ghost: whosesoever sins ye remit, they are remitted ; and whosesoever sins ye retain, they are retained ;* where the authority to remit and retain sins...

...forgive sins, ". but God alone. The Lord," continues Basil, " breathing upon the Holy Apostles, says, Receive " ye the Holy Ghost: whosesoever sins ye remit " they are remitted unto them. Now if none " can remit sins but God alone, (and it is certain " none can), and if the Holy...

...recorded by St, John. Then said Jesus unto them, Peace be unto you. As my Father hath sent me, even so send I you. And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost. Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them ; and whose...

...saw the Lord. Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you : As my Father hath sent me, even so send I you. And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost : Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them ; and whose...

...them, saying, all power is given unto Me in heaven and in earth. As My Father hath sent Me, even so send I you. And when He had said this, He breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost. Go ye, therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them iu the name...

...he had said this, he breathed on them, and said, Receive //c the Holy Ghost ; whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them ; and whosesoever sins ye retain, they are retained." There, no more is given to St. Peter than to any other apostle, n i-.NM .. , t i. i .' i...

...breathed on them," as a substitution of the holy unction with which Aaron was consecrated, and said, " Receive ye " the Holy Ghost:" " whosesoever sins ye...them : and whosesoever sins ye retain, they " are retained ;" and many other things he did which are not written. Jo. xx. 22—30. At this interview...

...employed in conveying to them their final and plenary commission. " As my Father hath *' sent me, even so send I you. And when " he had said this, he breathed on them, " and saith unto them, Receive ye the " Holy Ghost : whose soever sins ye remit, " they are remitted unto them and whose...

...Churches and their delegated officers, when they judge according to the Scriptures, " whosesoever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them, and whosesoever sins ye retain, they are retained." Upon a review of the whole, the synod state that they find in all their churches that family...