 | Angelo Agostino Scotti (abp. of Thessalonica.) - 1872 - 564 pages
...ITS DIVINE ORIGIN. II. ITS SALUTARY EFFECTS. III. THE DIFFICULTIES WHICH ARISE IN ITS EXERCISE. ' ' Whose sins you shall forgive, they are forgiven them,...and whose sins you shall retain, they are retained. " — St. John xx. 23. 1. They are forgiven them. These words conferred upon the Apostles, and have... | |
 | John B. Bagshawe - 1873 - 330 pages
...our sins to a priest. The duty of the confession of sins is clearly implied in our Lord's words : " Whose sins you shall forgive, they are forgiven them,...and whose sins you shall retain, they are retained." These words give a discretionary power. Sins are sometimes to be remitted, sometimes retained ; and... | |
 | Wilhelm Pauck - 1969 - 428 pages
...right hand of the Father (Rom. 8:34), "for our justification" (Rom. 4:24-25). Receive the Holy Spirit; whose sins you shall forgive, they are forgiven them,...whose sins you shall retain, they are retained" (John 20:21-23). It is, therefore, only for the Son of God to send suitable and effective preachers of his... | |
 | 1904 - 1260 pages
...power given by Christ, when He breathed on the Apostles and said to them : " Receive ye the Holy Ghost; whose sins you shall forgive they are forgiven them,...and whose sins you shall retain they are retained." The same power is spoken of by St. Paul (II. Cor. v.) : " All things are of God, who hath reconciled... | |
 | Rose B. Green - 1971 - 124 pages
...you. 22 When he had said this, he breathed on them; and he said to them: Receive ye the Holy Ghost. 23 Whose sins you shall forgive, they are forgiven them:...and whose sins you shall retain, they are retained. 24 Now Thomas, one of the twelve, who is called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came. 25 The... | |
 | John H. Leith - 1982 - 760 pages
...baptism, Christ Jesus instituted the sacrament of penance when He said: Receive ye the Holy Ghost, whose sins you shall forgive, they are forgiven them,...and whose sins you shall retain, they are retained. Hence, it must be taught that the repentance of a Christian after his fall is very different from that... | |
 | Joseph L. Malloy - 1984 - 152 pages
...his resurrection when he said: "As the Father has sent me I also send you Receive the Holy Spirit; whose sins you shall forgive, they are forgiven them;...and whose sins you shall retain, they are retained" (Jn. 20, 21-23). (c) Before his ascension into heaven, when he said: "All power in heaven and on earth... | |
 | Antonio T. De Nicolás, Saint Ignatius (of Loyola) - 1986 - 422 pages
..."Peace be to you." Third Point. He gives them the Holy Spirit, saying to them, "Receive the Holy Spirit; Whose sins you shall forgive, they are forgiven them,...and whose sins you shall retain, they are retained." The Seventh Apparition (JOHN 20 : 24-29) present at the preceding apparition, and said, "Unless I see... | |
 | 394 pages
...haptism, Christ Jesus instituted the sacrament of penance when He said: Receive ye the Holy Ghost, whose sins you shall forgive, they are forgiven them,...and whose sins you shall retain, they are retained. Hence, it must he taught that the repentance of a Christian after his fall is very different from that... | |
 | William Carl Placher - 1988 - 230 pages
...baptism, Christ Jesus instituted the sacrament of penance when He said: Receive ye the Holy Ghost, whose sins you shall forgive, they are forgiven them,...whose sins you shall retain, they are retained [John 20:22f.]. Hence it must be taught that the repentance of a Christian after his fall is very different... | |
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Peace be to you: as the Father hath sent me, I also send you. When he had said this, he breathed on them; and he said to them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost; whose sins you shall forgive, they are forgiven them; and whose sins you shall retain, they are retained. 
