True enough.
and further describes them as having the ability to bind and loose in Heaven and on Earth. When this is given, it is given to all of the Apostles as a group.
Matthew 18:17-18, right? Taking that teaching as a whole, I see a lot of responsibility being given. Making that into a bestowing of authority to use as men will, sorry, just not there.
No, John 20:22-23.
And when He had said this, He breathed on them, and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained.”