...very formal words, which our Church requireth to be used in the ordination of a minister, are these : "Whose" sins thou dost forgive, they are forgiven...and whose sins thou dost retain, they are retained." And therefore, if this be all the matter, the fathers and we shall agree well enough : howsoever this...

...an Introductory Letter by Chr. Wordsworth., DD, Bishop of Lincoln. 8ro. [ Press. De Vita Pastorali. The Office and Work of a Priest in the Church of GOD. By the Lord Bishop of Lichfield. Crown &vo. [/« preparation. 3, WATERLOO TLC4CE, A Life of Edward...

...necessity undergone " the Form and Manner of Ordering of Priests," from which wo quote as follows : — " Receive the Holy Ghost for the office and work of...sins thou dost forgive, they " are forgiven ; and whoso 8ms thou dost retain, they are "retained!" Do those who go through these AWPUL forms, believe...

...appears, beyond all controversy, from the form prescribed to die bishop in the ordination of priests: " Receive the Holy Ghost, for the office and work of...whose sins thou dost retain, they are retained.'' But here many a good and well-meaning Christian will be ready to exclaim with the Jews of old, " Why...

...circumstances such ordinations as have not the imposition of Episcopal hands conveying the gift of the Holy Ghost for the office and work of a priest in the Church of God are supposed to be valid ? This point, your Grace will observe, is not reached either in your Grace's...

...Presbyters &c. and the Presbyters Sic. 16. Presbyters present &c. Order of Presbyters ; \ 7. Mayest ihou f receive the Holy Ghost for the Office and Work of a Priest Presbyter in the Church of God, now« committed unto thee by the Imposition of our hands, f Whose sins...

...upon his kness, 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...

...before them, the Presiding Bishop saying, RECEIVE the Holy Ghost, for the office1 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...

...spoken without any restraint or limitation at all, which I apprehend to convey an indelible, character, Receive the Holy Ghost, for the office and work of...committed unto thee, by the imposition of our hands.' You reply, " The question is not, whether you are in orders, or not?" p. 12. — I am glad to hear...

...Receive the Holy ' Ghost now committed unto thce by the im' position of our hands. Whose sins thon dost ' forgive, they are forgiven ; and whose sins ' thou dost retain, they are retained.' Now, raethinks, a man must naturally infer from hence, that since this authority is derived from our...