...prayer, the Bishop and both priests laid their hands on their heads, the Bishop uttering these words : " Receive ye the Holy Ghost; whosesoever sins ye remit they are remitted, and whosesoever sins ye retain they are retained." This shocked me greatly. The English service is...

...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 unto them; and whosesoever »ins ye retain, they are retained. " The plain meaning of these words is — That God, for Christ's...

...Service, to meet immediately afterwards. Rev. EM Forbes preached the sermon, from John, xx. 22 and 23. " Receive ye the Holy Ghost ; whosesoever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them ; and whosesover sins ye retain, they are retained." The Holy Communion was administered...

...to his holy disciples and apostles, both to bind and loose the sins of men, having said unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost ; Whosesoever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them ; whosesoever sins ye retain, they are retained ; and whatsoever ye bind and loose upon earth,...

...As the Father hath sent Me, even so send I you; and with these words 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 (Jn. xx. 23). On the evening, however, of this first...

...reply to this to say, that when the Bishop in ordaining lays his hands upon the candidate he says, " Receive ye the Holy Ghost ;" " Whosesoever sins ye remit, they are remitted," etc., etc. These words are used because it is judged best to keep as close as possible to the model...

...so send I you." After having said these words, he breathed upon them, and said to them, " Receive yc the Holy Ghost ; whosesoever sins ye remit, they are...remitted unto them ; and whosesoever sins ye retain, they arc retained." Evidently Christ gave to his apostles collectively the prerogatives he had promised...

...As the Father hath sent Me, even so send I you; and with these words He breathed on them and said, Receive ye the Holy Ghost : whosesoever sins ye remit, they are remitted ; and tchosesoever sins ye retain, they are retained (Jn. xx. 23). On the evening, however, of this...

...Him for man, which He conveyed to His Church, 'As My FATHER hath sent Me, even so send I you. . . . ' Receive ye the HOLY GHOST: whosesoever sins ye remit, they are remitted.' In like manner, with respect to the spiritual support of the Spiritual Life : ' This is My Body, this...

...hath sent me, even so send I you. And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and eaith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost. Whosesoever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them ; and whosesoever sine ye retain, they are retained. Scconb £tmbaj2 after The Collect. A LMIGHTY God, who hast given...