Thanks again for the info.I am at this very moment doing as much.However I can’t seem to find in Holy Scripture where the Pope or any man can forgive sin.If you have any additional information on this one point please let me know.
John 20:23 If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained.”
Matthew 18:18 Truly, I say to you, whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
Luke 10:16 “He who hears you hears me, and he who rejects you rejects me, and he who rejects me rejects him who sent me.”
The presumption is that Peter was given great powers and they reside in whomever the church decides to pass them to.