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04/08/2014 7:15:33 PM PDT by
Salvation
("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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This sacrament is rooted in the mission God gave to Christ in his capacity as the Son of man on earth to go and forgive sins (cf. Matt. 9:6). Thus, the crowds who witnessed this new power "glorified God, who had given such authority to men" (Matt. 9:8; note the plural "men"). After his resurrection, Jesus passed on his mission to forgive sins to his ministers, telling them, "As the Father has sent me, even so I send you. . . . Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained" (John 20:2123). Catholic Ping!
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04/08/2014 7:18:04 PM PDT by
Salvation
("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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