...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 essential to the world that we...

...heaven :" and John xx. 22. again, after His Resurrection, " He brcsthed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost ; whosesoever sins ye remit, they are remitted ; and whosesoever sins ye retain, they are retained." It would be a contradiction of these words, to...

...Feed My sheep." Its ornament and perfection from CHRIST'S breathing on the Apostles when He said : " Receive ye the HOLY GHOST : whosesoever sins ye remit, they are remitted; and whosesoever sins ye retain, they are retained.' " MATRIMONY AND EXTREME UXCTION. nance, (whereby...

...our LORD gave to His Church, when He breathed on His Apostles, the chiefs of His Church, and said, " Receive ye the HOLY GHOST : whosesoever sins ye remit,...they are remitted unto them, and whosesoever sins ye « Acts ii. 38. d Acts xxii. 16. • S. Matt. xxvi. 28. 1C 162 Four parts of faithful repentance. retain,...

...the Son, and of the Holy Ghost;" it was after His resurrection that He breathed on them and said, " Receive ye the Holy Ghost: whosesoever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them :" after His resurrection that " He ascended up on high, .... led captivity captive, and...

...sent me, even so now send I you. 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 whosesover sins ye retain, they are retained." The inspiration of the the apostles...

...hath sent me, EVEN SO send I you. And when He had said this, He breathed on them and said unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost: Whosesoever sins ye remit,...remitted unto them: and whosesoever sins ye retain they aie retained." Thus Christ delegated His power to the Church. He promised to make her judicial sentence...

...testify to believers the forgiveness of sins, for the sake of Christ's merits. John xx. 22, 23. — Receive ye the Holy Ghost : Whosesoever sins ye remit, they are remitted to them. Acts xiii. 38, 39 — Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this...

...pledge and earnest of the complete outpouring of the Holy Ghost on the day of Pentecost), and said : " Receive ye the Holy Ghost. Whosesoever sins ye remit,...remitted unto them ; and whosesoever sins ye retain, they arc retained." — Thomas was not present on this occasion ; when the other disciples said to him :...

...the Gospel of John, the Saviour, giving the Holy Spirit to the disciples by breathing on them, saith, Receive ye the Holy Ghost ; whosesoever sins ye remit they are remitted to them, and whose you shall retain they are retained."* " But since there are some," saith Origen,...