John 20:21-23 (King James Version)
21Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you.
22And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost:
23Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained.
BTW - it is a Catholic Hospital, but they hire nurses of all beliefs...I didn’t mean to suggest it was a nun who told her, just a nurse who is Catholic.
Douay-Rheims John 20-23:
“20 And when he had said this, he shewed them his hands and his side. The disciples therefore were glad, when they saw the Lord.
19 “The doors were shut”... The same power which could bring Christ’s whole body, entire in all its dimensions, through the doors, can without the least question make the same body really present in the sacrament; though both the one and the other be above our comprehension.
21 He said therefore to them again: Peace be to you. As the Father hath sent me, I also send you. 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. “
Joh 20:19 Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.
Joh 20:20 And when he had so said, he shewed unto them his hands and his side. Then were the disciples glad, when they saw the Lord.
Joh 20:21 Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you.
Joh 20:22 And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost:
Joh 20:23 Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained.
How many disciples were there??? Jesus is NOT just talking to the Apostles...Mary Magdeline was certainly a disciple...And many, many others...
So what was the requirement here??? That a person be a disciple AND be filled with the Holy Ghost...Does it mention Apostle, or Apostolic succession??? Nope...
Your religion has built yet another a heretical doctrine out of false teaching and distortion of the scriptures...