...Father hath sent me, even so send I you. And when he had said this, he breathed upon them, and said unto them, receive ye the Holy Ghost. Whosesoever...unto them ; and whosesoever sins ye retain they are retained." In all this solemn and religious service there is something which seems very like the celebration...

...ignorant and sinful men, in what sense are we to understand these words of our Lord to his apostles : ' Receive ye the Holy Ghost ; whosesoever sins ye remit,...unto them; and whosesoever sins ye retain, they are retained?' The inquiry is one of great importance ; for as the same words are used in the ordination...

...Father has sent me, even so I send you ; and when he had said this, he breathed upon them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost : whosesoever...remitted unto them ; and whosesoever sins ye retain, theyjfere retained1." The apostles, and their fuitiitui successors in the ministry of the Word, understood...

...him, xvii. 2. 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, tbey are remitted unto them ; ami whose...

...Father hath sent me, even so send I you. And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saim un to them, Receive ye the holy Ghost. Whosesoever sins ye remit, they are remitted onto them ; and whosesoever sins ye retain, they are retained. The second Sunday after Easier. The...

...Christ breathed on his disciples, and said " Receive ye the Holy Ghost," he added, "Whosesoever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whosesoever sins ye retain, they are retained :" John xx, 22, 23. Matthew appears to be describing the same, or a similar delegation of...

...same official declaratory sense must the words of our blessed Lord be explained, " Whosesoever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them ; and whosesoever sins ye retain, they are retained." This officiât С -г is, by the Church of Eng, given to bishops and priests, but to no...

...sick, or to raise the dead, than it is for one fallible man, to say to another fallible man, — " Receive ye the Holy Ghost ; whosesoever sins ye remit, they are remitted to them ; and whosesoever sins ye retain, they are retained." The fact was, that a pretension to the...

...commission, after His resurrection, to the apostles assembled together, " He breathed on them, and said unto them, receive ye the Holy Ghost, whosesoever...unto them ; and whosesoever sins ye retain, they are retained : " John xx. 22, 23. This is the same as the binding and loosing spoken of in Matthew, and...

...Father hath * sent me, even so send I you. And when he had " said this, he breathed on them, saying — Receive " ye the Holy Ghost ; whose-soever sins ye...them ; and whose-soever " sins ye retain, they are retained k." Whilst our blessed Lord sojourned on earth, he was the king of the Jews only, and, as...