...apostles, and the manner in which they carried them into effect. He then added, " whosesoever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them : and whosesoever sins ye retain, they are retained." Before this, be told Peter, in allusion to his name, " upon this rock, 1 will build my church,...

...Jesus Christ himself, who said, " As my heavenly Father sent me, so I send ye» : whosesoever sins yc remit, they are remitted unto them, and whosesoever sins ye retain, they are retained." 1 then proved, by various arguments, that all this was quite fallacious , and especially...

....said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost : Whosesoever «ins ye remit, they are remitted unto them ; and whosesoever sins ye retain, they whatsoever I have commanded you: and lo, I am with you al way, even unto the end of the world. After...

...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. Whosesoever sins...unto them ; and whosesoever sins ye retain, they are retained. Tlie second Sunday after Easter. The Collect. A LMIGHTY God, who hast XX given thine only...

...principle of authority, is John xx. 22. " And Jesus " breathed on them, and saith unto them, Re" ceive ye the Holy Ghost: whosesoever sins, ye " remit, they...them ; and " whosesoever sins ye retain, they are retained." There are three senses, in which this apostolic prerogative has been understood. It may...

...passage on which they ground their power of absolution is that in John xx. 23 : " Whosesoever sins ye res retained." But this is not to the purpose ; since this was a«pecial commission to the apostles themselves,...

...Father hath sent me, even so send I you. And when he had said this, he hreathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the holy Ghost. Whosesoever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them i and whosesoever 8ins ye retain, they are retained. THE SECOND SUNDAY AFTER EASTER. The...

...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 sins...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...

...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 sins...remitted unto them ; and whosesoever sins ye retain, theyjfere retained1." The apostles, and their fuitiitui successors in the ministry of the Word, understood...