...of penance, but she retains the form of absolution in her ritual, and acknowledges that Christ has " left power to his church to •" absolve all sinners who truly repent and believe in him." So believes the Catholic. He admits the power of the church to absolve from sin, but the church enacts...

...of penance, but she retains the form of absolution in her ritual, and acknowledges that Christ has " left power to his church to " absolve all sinners who truly repent and believe jn him." So believes the Catholic. He admits the power of the church to absolve from sin, but the church...

...which confeuiun, the priest shalt ahaclve him, (if he humhly and buttdy deiire it) after this acrt : OUR Lord Jesus Christ, who hath left power to his church to ahsolve all sinners, who truly repent, and helieve in him, of his great mercy forgive thee thine offences...

...and the state of his mind, is directed, provided his answers prove satisfactory, to express himself thus : " Our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath left power...all sinners, who truly repent and believe in him, forgives thee thine offences ; and by his authority committed to me, I absolve thee from all thy sins,...

...yourself before God by the confession of your sins ; and now I pray to our Lord Jesus Christ, who has left power to his church to absolve all sinners, who truly repent and believe in him, to forgive thee thine offences; and as you have humlly and heartily desired it, I exercise the authority...

...promised forgiveness of sins to ' all them that with hearty repentance and true ' faith turn unto him.' ' Our Lord Jesus Christ, ' who hath left power to his church to absolve ' (not whom the ministers may please, but) ' all f that truly repent and believe in him ; of his great...

...History against the Church of Rome, p. 114. the Visitation of the Sick, it is said — ' Christ has left power to his church to absolve all sinners who truly repent and believe in him, and by his authority committed to me (the Priest),I absolve thee from all thy sins.'" " But," rejoined...

...History against the Church of Rome, p. 114, the Visitation of the Sick, it is said — ' Christ has left power to his -church to absolve all sinners who truly repent and believe in him, and by his authority committed to me (the Priest), I absolve thee from all thy sins.'" " But," rejoined...

...confession, the priest proceeds to absolve him (ii• he humbly and heartily desire it), after this sort : " Our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath left power to his church to absolve all sinneri who truly repent and believe in him, of his great mercy forgive thee thine offences : and by...

...set forward the salvation of all men r ;' and, by the ' power which our Lord Jesus Christ hath left to his Church, to absolve all sinners who truly repent, and believe in Him.' But though, ' by his authority committed to s ' them, and by the ' power and commandment which Almighty...