Penance is a good case study in tradition. There's no 1st-century record that I am aware of of penance
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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.
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j24>Penance is a good case study in tradition. There's no 1st-century record that I am aware of of penance
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Christ>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.
88 posted on 01/07/2003 6:46 AM MST by Catholicguy
Was that given only to the officers of a newly formed Corporation or was it given to all followers of the Christ ???
Psalm 18:46 The LORD lives! Praise be to my Rock! Exalted be God my Saviour!
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