[ealgeone]

Check the Greek behind this. It doesn't support what Catholics claim. Also we see how this was actually done in Acts by Peter. If you keep the NT in context you will understand the Word.

Still waiting to see if you believe His promises in John 5:24. Should be a simple yes or no answer.

[ebb tide]

[22] For neither doth the Father judge any man, but hath given all judgment to the Son. [23] That all men may honour the Son, as they honour the Father. He who honoureth not the Son, honoureth not the Father, who hath sent him. [24] Amen, amen I say unto you, that he who heareth my word, and believeth him that sent me, hath life everlasting; and cometh not into judgment, but is passed from death to life. John; Chapter 5.

I believe in all of Christ's promises, not just some of them as the prots do, e.g. the sacrament of Confession. And I don't believe prots honour the Son by rejecting the Church he founded and just going "cowboy" on their own.

[Fedora]

Here is the Greek: ἄν τινων ἀφῆτε τὰς ἁμαρτίας ἀφέωνται αὐτοῖς ἄν τινων κρατῆτε κεκράτηνται which literally translates: "If of any you might forgive the sins, they are forgiven, if any you might retain, they are retained." What part of this are you claiming "doesn't support what Catholics claim"?