...His giving them that full and high commission. " As My Father hath sent Me, even so send I you." " Receive ye the Holy Ghost." " Whosesoever sins ye remit, they are remitted ; and whosesoever sins ye retain, they are retained." It is our Lord Himself, the King of Glory, Who...

...Council was for seeking the institution of this sacrament in John xx. 22, 23, where our Saviour says to his Apostles, "Receive ye the Holy Ghost. Whosesoever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them." This text is Bellarmine's sole foundation for the sacrament of penance. He observes, that...

...chapter of St. John's gospel, where it is said that 'Jesus breathed on the apostles, and said unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost. Whosesoever sins ye remit, they are remitted; and whosesoever sins ye retain, they are retained.' When I first saw these words, I thought they were...

...hath sent Me, even so send I you. And when He had said this, He breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost ; whosesoever sins ye remit they are remitted to them ; and whosesoever sins ye retain, they are retained.' It wns ' in the evening' that ' the dove...

...Father hath sent me, even so send I you." And when He had said this, He breathed on them, and said, " Receive ye the Holy Ghost. Whosesoever sins ye remit, they are remitted, and whosesoever sins ye retain, they are retained," (verses 21, 22, 23.) Again, it is necessary to...

...hath sent Me, even so send I you. And when He had said this, He breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost; whosesoever sins ye remit, they are remitted to them; and whosesoever sins ye retain, they are retained." It was " in the evening" that " the dove...

...was conveyed are these : " As my Father sent me, so send I you ; and he breathed on them, and said, receive ye the Holy Ghost ; whosesoever sins ye remit, they are remitted ; and whosesoever sins ye retain, they are retained." That the power of the keys was here given equally...

...words of our Lord to his apostles, after his resurrection, when, after breathing upon them, he said, " Receive ye the Holy Ghost : whosesoever sins ye remit, they are remitted to them ; and whosesoever sins ye retain, they are retained," John xx, 22, 23. To qualify them for...

...you draw from John xx. 22, 23 : " And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and said unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost. Whosesoever sins ye remit,...they are remitted unto them ; and whosesoever sins ye retnin, they are retained," and from Matt. xvi. 15-19. Such, Sir. in brief, is your sacrament of penuncef...

...same manner ascribed to the Spirit. This was expressed in the very form of the apostles' ordination, Receive ye the Holy Ghost: whosesoever sins ye remit, they are remitted; and whosesoever sins ye retain, they are retained :* where the authority to remit and retain sins is...