Not through works. Not through baptism. Not through some organization which claims it was established by Jesus. Through JESUS HIMSELF.
Works don't save. Without the shedding of blood there is no remission of sins.
Jesus died for me, not the pope, the ECF's, the saints, Mary, the priests, nobody.
My sin is against God. HE is the one of whom I must ask forgiveness and He's the only one who can grant it.
Nobody else can forgive and cleanse my sin against someone else. It's only the person who the offense is against who I must ask forgiveness from and who can forgive me.
“Jesus said to them again, ‘Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, even so I send you.’ 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; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained.’ “