To: agere_contra
Only they - and their descendants - were and are given authority by Christ to enact certain of the sacraments: to absolve sinners and re-enact the Eucharist, to ordain Priests and ministers. Where is that in the New Testament? I know of only one epistle where the order of the authority of the church was mentioned. Nothing of the sort you mention is written in that epistle. Christ alone can forgive (absolve) sin. No man is capable of such a thing.
196 posted on
08/17/2009 12:00:51 PM PDT by
rjsimmon
(1-20-2013 The Tree of Liberty Thirsts)
To: rjsimmon
199 posted on
08/17/2009 12:03:54 PM PDT by
netmilsmom
(Psalm 109:8 - Let his days be few; and let another take his office)
To: rjsimmon
Christ alone can forgive (absolve) sin. And he does so in the Sacrament of Reconciliation.
200 posted on
08/17/2009 12:04:14 PM PDT by
Petronski
(In Germany they came first for the Communists, And I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist...)
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