...remission of sins, has been attempted to be supported, is that of St. John : " Whosesoever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them ; and whosesoever sins ye retain, they are retained." This seems however to have been a special commission given by our Saviour to the apostles...

...Christian life. Hence these awfully important words of the Lord to his disciples, " Whosesoever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them ; and whosesoever sins ye retain, they are retained." It is the confirmation in heaven of the righteous sentences of Christian councils upon earth,...

...me, even so send I you. He breathed on them and said, Receive the Holy Ghost. Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them, and whosesoever sins ye retain, they are retained' (John xx. 21-23). The list of the apostles occurs Matt. x. 2 ; Mark iii. 16, &c.; Luke vi....

...leave the world, he tells them : ' As my Father hath sent me, even so send I you : whosesoever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them ; and whosesoever sins ye retain, they are retained.'2 By all which it is evident, that our Lord did not here give any personal prerogative to...

...of the kingdom of heaven, He declared "As my father sent me even so send I you; whosesoever sins ye remit they are remitted unto them; and whosesoever sins ye retain they are retained." By that means those apostles received the necessary authority to act in the name of Jesus...

...refutation of Mrs. Eddy's doctrine are the words of Our Lord in St. John's Gospel. " Whosesoever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whosesoever sins ye retain, they are retained." Mrs. Eddy could perhaps take refuge in her charge that commonsense interpretations of the...

...Conference, the members were agreed that our Lord's words in St. John's Gospel : ' Whosesoever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them, and whosesoever sins ye retain they are retained,' are not to be regarded as addressed only to the Apostles or the Clergy, but as a commission...

...said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost: 23 Whosesoever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whosesoever sins ye retain, they are retained. 24 But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came. 25 The...

...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,...unto them, and whosesoever sins ye retain they are retained. All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. Go ye, therefore, and teach all nations,...

...said this, he breathed on them. and saith unto them. Receive ye the Holy Ghost: 23 Whosesoever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whosesoever sins ye retain, they are retained. 24 * But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus. was not with them when Jesus came. 25...