So you’re disputing the black-and-white text of John 20:23?
“Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained.”
Have you an example of sins being retained?
Apparently you have swallowed the mythos that your pope is receivers of this power from Peter through a long list of popes. THAT LIE is leading an astonishingly large number of human beings to their doom.
I believe JESUS conveyed that power to His immediate Apostles and it ended with the death of the last one HE conveyed that onto. That was an empowerment designed to establish HIS EKKLESIA, not your religious institution.
The scene with Ananias and Sapphira should be a huge clue to you, but apparently the TRUTH therein is unintelligible to catholics.
DuncanWaring
So you’re disputing the black-and-white text of John 20:23?
“Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained.”
I except it when it is put in context. Will you please post it in context from now on? BVB
John 20:18-24New International Version (NIV)
18 Mary Magdalene went to the disciples with the news: “I have seen the Lord!” And she told them that he had said these things to her.
Jesus Appears to His Disciples
19 On the evening of that first day of the week, when the disciples were together, with the doors locked for fear of the Jewish leaders, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you!” 20 After he said this, he showed them his hands and side. The disciples were overjoyed when they saw the Lord.
21 Again Jesus said, “Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I am sending you.” 22 And with that he breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit. 23 If you forgive anyone’s sins, their sins are forgiven; if you do not forgive them, they are not forgiven.”