 | 1845 - 780 pages
...priesthood; the receivers humbly kneeling upon their knees, and the bishop saying : •' Receive the Holy Ghost for the office 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... | |
 | 1877 - 492 pages
...that ; it meant that those solemn words which were used in the Ordination Service, " Receive the Holy Ghost for the Office and Work of a Priest in the Church of Ood" — that those words, uttered at the most solemn moment of a man's life, had no meaning whatever.... | |
 | 1919 - 654 pages
...find it so easily disposed of. The words then pronounced over him run as follows : ' Receive the Holy Ghost for the Office and Work of a Priest in the Church of God, now committed unto thee by the Imposition of our Hands.' What meaning can the Bishop read into these words except... | |
 | A. O. J. Cockshut - 1966 - 276 pages
...the Church of God committed unto thce: In the name,' etc. And the priesthood thus: 'Receive the Holy Ghost for the office 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... | |
 | 1908 - 868 pages
...in the Church of England did not the bishop, when laying his hands upon him, say: "Receive the Holy Ghost for the office 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... | |
 | 1911 - 1008 pages
...parliament in the following year, 1550. It was very similar to the present ordinal except that the words " for the office and work of a Priest in the Church of God, now committed unto thee by the Imposition of our hands " were wanting, and the chalice or cup with the bread were... | |
 | Church of England. House of Bishops - 1988 - 156 pages
...intention of ordination is to show beyond doubt that the person so ordained has authority to exercise the office and work of a priest in the Church of God. We are all agreed therefore that it is a grave step to ordain someone knowing that their ministry is... | |
 | Gillian Rosemary Evans, G. R. Evans - 2002 - 356 pages
...on the candidate with the declared intention of ordaining him to the priesthood; 'Receive the Holy Ghost for the office and work of a priest in the Church of God, now committed unto thcc by the imposition of our hands. ' The bishop does this as one acting within the universal... | |
 | J. F. Maclear - 1995 - 534 pages
...the Church of GOD committed unto thee: In the name," &c. And the priesthood thus: "Receive the HOLY GHOST, for the office 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... | |
 | Ivan Clutterbuck - 1996 - 228 pages
...The Book of Common Prayer continues this authority at the ordination of a priest - 'Receive the Holy Ghost for the office and work of a priest in the Church of God... whose sins thou dost forgive, they are forgiven.' So within our Church of England we have the means... | |
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Receive the Holy Ghost for the Office 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. 
