...his resurrection, be breathed on them, and said, " Receive ye the Holy Ghost ! Whosesoever ein« ye remit, they are remitted unto them, and whosesoever sins ye retain, they arc retained ;" and into the grounds upon which the repetition of these words to every priest of the...

...earth to forgive sins ?" Did not he even communicate this power to his apostles? " Whosesoever sins jre remit, they are • remitted unto them ; and whosesoever sins ye retain, they are retained," John xx. 23. This ten must govern our interpretation of other pabsages containing the same phraseolcjiv. Forbearing...

...whatsoever YE shall loose on earth, shall be loosed in heaven :" and again, (e) " Whosesoever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them, and whosesoever sins YE retain, they are retained." So wisely did our Blessed Saviour settle an * equality among his apostles, that (/) " there...

...said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost. Whosesoever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whosesoever sins ye retain, they are retained. G SECOND SUNDAY AFTER EASTER. The Collect. ALMIGHTY God, who hast given thine only Son to...

...among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. And ye are witnesses of these things. Whosesoever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them : and whosesoever sins ye retain, they are retained. ANNOTATIONS AND REFLECTIONS. Impatient to communicate the happy news of his resurrection;...

...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...

...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 sins are forgiven...

...unction with which Aaron was consecrated, and said, " Receive ye " the Holy Ghost:" " whosesoever sins ye remit, they are " remitted unto 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...

...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...

...said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost. Whosesoever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them ; and whosesoever sins ye retain, they are retained. The second Sunday afler Easter. The Collect. ALMIGHTY God, who hast given thine only Son...