...as a Christian man should or no." If satisfied, he proceeds, " by the authority committed unto me, / absolve thee from all thy sins, in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost." The constitution of the Church demands some attention. It is a massy and imposing...

...as a Christian man should or no." If satisfied, he proceeds, " by the authority committed unto me, / absolve thee from all thy sins, in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost." The constitution of the Church demands some attention. It is a massy and imposing...

...which confession, the priest shall absolve him (if be humbly and heartily desire it; after this sort ; OUR Lord Jesus Christ, who hath left power to his...from all thy sins, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. And then the priest shall say the collect following. Let us...

...which Confession, the Prieit shall absolve him (if he humbly and heartily desire it) after thii sort. OUR Lord Jesus Christ, who hath left power to his...from all thy sins, In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. U Ae yna y dywaid yr Qffttriad y Colect sy'n canlyn. Gweddïwn....

...which confession, the priest shall absolve him (If he humbly and heartily desire it) after this sort; OUR Lord Jesus Christ, who hath left power to his...believe in him, of his great mercy forgive thee thine oIfences ! And by his authority committed to me, I absol ve thee from all thy sins, in the name of...

...the Clergy really believe they possess the power of pardoning sins. Yet how strong are the words ! " Our Lord Jesus Christ who hath left power to his Church...thee from all thy sins in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. " What is the meaning of this ? Taken according to its express...

...which Confession the Priest shall absolve him (if he humbly and heartily desire it) after this sort t OUR Lord Jesus Christ, who hath left power to his...from all thy sins, In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. And then the Priest shall say the Collect following. Let us...

...the Clergy really believe they possess the power of pardoning sins. Yet how strong are the words! " Our Lord Jesus Christ who hath left power to his Church...thee from all thy sins in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen." What is the meaning of this ? Taken according to its express...

...the sick person humbly and heartily desire it,) " Our Lord Jesuf Christ, who bath left power to hie church to absolve all sinners who truly repent and...committed to me, I absolve thee from all thy sins," &c. Or in the " Burial of the Dead," when the remains, perhaps of an infidel, t are committed to the...

...of penance, but she retains the form of absolution in her ritual, and acknowledges that Christ has " left power to his church to •" absolve all sinners who truly repent and believe in him." So believes the Catholic. He admits the power of the church to absolve from sin, but the church enacts...