...the head of the candiVOfc. II. P date, address him in these words, " Receive the Holy Ghost for he office and work of a priest in the church of God,...committed unto thee by the imposition of our hands : whosesins thou dost forgive, they are forgiven, and whose sins thou dost retain, they are retained."...

...the latter relapsed into Latitudinarianism. (3) The form of ordaining a priest was thus altered: ' Receive the Holy Ghost for the office and work of a Priest in the Church of Cod, now committed to thee by the imposition' of our hands t Whose sins thou shalt forgive, they >'*...

...and interpreted by the order of the Church, which appoints them to their office. part of the form. " Whose sins thou dost forgive, " they are forgiven;...whose sins thou dost retain, " they are retained." When these words were spoken by our Lord to his Apostles, they had been endowed with extraordinary...

...upon his knees, the Archbishop saying, RECEIVE the holy Ghost, for the Office and Work of a Bishop in the Church of God, now committed unto thee by the Imposition of our hands; In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. And remember that thou stir...

...Creed, and both of them take the following which the bishop utters in the ordination of a priest : " Receive the Holy Ghost for the office and work of...and whose sins thou dost retain, they are retained." 129. But, to the credit of the Romish Church, it is right to state that to this they annex a condition....

...same cause, how ye ought to forsake and set aside (as much as you nay) all worldly cares and studies.' 'Receive the Holy Ghost for the office and work of...God, now committed unto thee by the imposition of our hand?. Whose sins thou dost forgive, they are forgiven ; and whose sins thou dost retain, they are...

...one that receiveth the order of priesthood ; the receivers humbly kneeling, and the bishop saying : Receive the Holy Ghost, for the office and work of...of God now committed unto thee by the imposition of OUK hands," etc. We know that there is among them a difference of opinion about the reason why this...

...before them upon his knee^ the bishop saying, Receive the Holy Ghost for the office and work of a bishop in the Church of God now committed unto thee by the imposition of our hands, in the uame of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.- — Anu»t. And remember that thou...

...receiveth the order of priesthood, the receivers humbly kneeling upon their knees, and the bishop saying ; Receive the Holy Ghost, for the office and work of...the imposition of our hands : whose sins thou dost remit, they are remitted ; and whose sins thou dost netain, they are retained : and be thou a faithful...

...receiveth the order of priesthood, the receivers humbly kneeling upon their knees, and the bishop saying; Receive the Holy Ghost, for the office and work of...the imposition of our hands : whose sins thou dost remit, they are remitted; and whose sins thou dost retain, they are retained: and be thou a faithful...