...Saviour, " even " so send I you ; and when he had said " this, he breathed on them, and saith " unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost : " whosesoever sins ye remit, they are remit* John xx. 21, 22, 23. " ted unto them ; and whosesoever sins ye " retain, they are retained."...

...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...

...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...

...they miraculously healed. This accords with what Jesus affirms to themselves. "Whoseeoever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them, and whosesoever sins ye retain, they are retained." John XK. 23. I suppose however that we attach to the words S OHIUSTIAK REPOSITORY. "thy...

...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...

...labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Matt. xi. 28. He breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost: Whosesoever sins...unto them; and whosesoever sins ye retain, they are retained. Matt. xx. 22, 23. (See the interpretation of this on Art. XXXIII.) The Scribes and the Pharisees...

...blasphemeth, none can forgive •ins, but God alone. The Lord 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...

...Apostles, he said, " As my Father hath sent " me, even so send I you ; and he breathed " on them, and said, Receive ye the Holy " Ghost: Whosesoever sins ye remit,...unto them, and whosesoever " sins ye retain, they are retained6." The particular office on which they were sent by him was, to preach the Gospel tb all people...

...all the Apostles, and to their successors also. " Whosesoever sins," says our Saviour to them, " ye remit, they are remitted unto them ; and whosesoever sins ye retain, they are retained."| Does it refer to the privilege of opening the door of the Chris• Matt. xvi. 18. t MaU-...