"Whose sins you shall forgive, they are forgiven them. Whose sins you shall retain, they are retained." If you can't see that you are contradicting these explicit words of Jesus, you are wasting your time owning a Bible--or any other printed material. http://biblehub.com/john/20-23.htm
And how did they forgive or retain sins.....see Acts 2.
It is not I who is contradicting anything...I just posted scriptures of Jesus that contradicts what you have posted...
The bible doesn't end at the book of John, or even acts...In fact the epistles to the Gentile churches starts at the book of Romans...
Rom 1:7 To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints
1Co 1:2 Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours:
2Co 1:1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, unto the church of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints which are in all Achaia
Gal 1:1 Paul, an apostle, (not of men, neither by man, but by Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead;) Gal 1:2 And all the brethren which are with me, unto the churches of Galatia:
You post obscure scripture that gives no explanation and was never recorded to have been put into practice (which indicates it may be a future prophecy)...Your religion invents it's own doctrine outside of the scriptures which contradicts the rest of the scriptures and the epistles written specifically to the churches...
Eph_4:14 That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;
1Ti_1:3 As I besought thee to abide still at Ephesus, when I went into Macedonia, that thou mightest charge some that they teach no other doctrine,
So ironically, those epistles written to the churches that you guys ignore apparently from unfamiliararity warns us in many places about your religion...
I don't see how you can consider yourself to be a purvayer of scritpure when you can't even discuss the scriptures outside of the talking points of your religion...Where did you learn that??? Certainly not from the apostle to the Gentile church...
Act_20:27 For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God.
You're a priest, and you can't even discuss the bible??? You were never required to study the bible, right??? And it's clear you do not possess the desire for the pure milk of the word, let alone the meat...
1Pe_2:2 As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby: