[ebb tide]

And to that list...hope you don't commit a mortal sin or you've lost your salvation.

Au contraire. That's where the Holy Sacrament of Confession comes in as per your "scripture". See John 20:

[22] When he had said this, he breathed on them; and he said to them: Receive ye the Holy Ghost. [23] Whose sins you shall forgive, they are forgiven them; and whose sins you shall retain, they are retained.

It's both a shame and a detriment that y'all reject this sacrament.

[aMorePerfectUnion]

“It’s both a shame and a detriment that y’all reject this sacrament.

No Apostle ever taught a sacramental System.

Added by Rome to placate pagan converts.

[Luircin]

*Shrug*

I do confession and forgiveness all the time.

Of course, losing your salvation every time you do a ‘mortal sin’ and then having to rush to confess it must be very tiresome.

What if you’ve committed sins you can’t remember?

[Zuriel]

**That’s where the Holy Sacrament of Confession comes in as per your “scripture”. See John 20: [22] When he had said this, he breathed on them; and he said to them: Receive ye the Holy Ghost. [23] Whose sins you shall forgive, they are forgiven them; and whose sins you shall retain, they are retained. It’s both a shame and a detriment that y’all reject this sacrament.**

John 20:23 is parallel instruction to what is in Luke 24:47. They began preaching that the lost in Acts 2:38. It’s repentance and baptism the name of Jesus Christ that remits sins; not visits to a confession booth.

[Elsie]

and whose sins you shall retain, they are retained.

HAs your chosen church retained any lately?