...and work of a priest in the church of God, now committed unto thee by the imposition of our hands. Whose sins thou dost forgive, they are forgiven ;...and whose sins thou dost retain, they are retained." I may be permitted to add on this point, that I was, some years since, requested by a lady to write...

...in the words, " Receive the Holy Ghost for the office and work of a priest in the Church of God, &c. Whose sins thou dost forgive, they are forgiven :...and whose sins thou dost retain, they are retained," &c. From this, it is most evident that, by the power of absolving penitents, the Church means something,...

...church of God, now communicated to thee by the imposition of our hands. 18. And add thereto yet this, Whose sins thou dost forgive they are forgiven; and whose sins thou dost retain they are retained. 19. Thus, too, shall it be asserted, that such priests are the only ones who 'may be certain that they...

...Bishops speak in unmeaning language when they thus address a priest in the act of being ordained : " Whose sins thou dost forgive, they are forgiven ;...whose sins thou dost retain, they are retained."* Does she but tantalize her beloved children, when, under peculiar circumstances, -J- she assures them...

...apostles were commissioned by the Great Bishop of our souls':—" Receive ye the Holy Ghost—whose sins thou dost forgive, they are forgiven; and whose sins thou dost retain, they are retained." In adopting these words of Christ himself, the Reformers disclaimed the arrogant pretensions of the...

...law regards it as communicating an indelible character. Once a priest, always a priest. He is to be a faithful dispenser of the word of God, and of his holy sacraments, and there he is to minister in the congregation where he shall be lawfully appointed; but if no such...

...bishop at the ordination of priests, " Receive ye the Holy Ghost," and "whose sins thou dost forgive 1 they are forgiven, and whose sins thou dost retain, they are retained." It was finally determined that the alternative of another form should be allowed to those bishops who...

...observes. " To the power of remitting and retaining sins, they [«'. e. the Reformers] also added, ' and be thou a faithful dispenser of the word of God, and his holy sacraments ;' thus intimating to us the extent of the power, by pointing out the mode in which...

...bishop at the ordination of priests, " Receive ye the Holy Ghost," and "whose sins thou dost forgive 1 they are forgiven, and whose sins thou dost retain, they are retained." It was finally determined that the alternative of another form should be allowed to those bishops who...

...p. 167. (3) Art. xi. apud Walchium lic ш. § xxxiv. p. 295. (4) Inst. l. iii. c. iv. n. 12. (5) " Whose sins thou dost forgive, they are forgiven :...and whose sins thou dost retain, they are retained." The Ordering of Priests. (6) " Our Lord Jesus Christ who hath left power to his Church to absolve all...