what I’ve seen on here, you can say they come from the biblle with paraphrasing going on.
Man cannot forgive sins.
I go back to when the Kennedy family was in politics..
John, Ted, Robert and others... they could divorce, and all kinds of living.. and not be excommunicated.... a priest would wink and nod in their direction. As long as a priest gave it a pass,.... but did God?
I knew a lady years ago and her priest visited her often in her home...she was a young lady and pretty. . he was there at least once a week...
Just a wink and a nod by a priest says it’s ok?
It’s one way of a life, I guess....
Someone REAL important said "Whose sins you forgive, they are forgiven them and whose sins that you retain, they are retained"