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" RECEIVE the Holy Ghost for the office and work of a Priest in the Church of God, now committed unto thee by the imposition of our hands. Whose sins thou dost forgive, they are forgiven; and whose sins thou dost retain, they are retained. "
Letters on the Ministry, Ritual and Doctrines of the Protestant Episcopal ... - Page 64
by Jared Sparks - 1820 - 268 pages
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The Whole Works, Volume 3

James Ussher - Theology - 1625 - 642 pages
...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...
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Annual Register, Volume 123

Edmund Burke - History - 1882 - 776 pages
...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...
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Precious truth

310 pages
...the Form and Manner of Ordering of Priests," from which wo quote as follows : — " Receive the Holy Ghost for the office and work of a Priest "in the...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...
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The Christian guardian (and Church of England magazine).

1814
...controversy, from the form prescribed to die bishop in the ordination of priests: " Receive the Holy Ghost, for the office and work of a priest in the...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...
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The Christian guardian (and Church of England magazine).

1842
...officiating Bishop is at liberty to substitute this form, " Take thou authority to execute the office of a Priest in the Church of God, now committed unto thee by the imposition of our hands: and be thou a faithful dispenser of the Word of God," &c Of course this confers an ex vfficio authority...
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The Christian guardian (and Church of England magazine).

1851 - 592 pages
...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...
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History of Dissenters, from the Revolution in 1688, to the Year 1808: In ...

David Bogue, James Bennett - Dissenters - 1808 - 492 pages
...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...
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The Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacrements...

Church of England - 1810 - 466 pages
...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...
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The Works of the Rev. John Wesley, Volume 12

John Wesley - Methodism - 1812 - 446 pages
...restraint or limitation at all, which I apprehend to convey an indelible, character, Receive the Holy Ghost, for the office and work of a priest in the...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...
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Cobbett's Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for ..., Volume 13

Thomas Bayly Howell, Thomas Jones Howell - Law reports, digests, etc - 1812 - 754 pages
...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...
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