[St_Thomas_Aquinas]

What have they loosed?

"If you forgive the sins of any, their sins have been forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they have been retained."

[Elsie]

Good repetition of the statement; but, again, no EXAMPLES of such.

[CynicalBear]

>>"If you forgive the sins of any, their sins have been forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they have been retained."<<

Acts 15:8 And God, who knows the heart, bore witness by granting them the holy Spirit just as he did us. 9 He made no distinction between us and them, for by faith he purified their hearts.

Acts 11:17 Forasmuch then as God gave them the like gift as he did unto us, who believed on the Lord Jesus Christ; what was I, that I could withstand God?