...saving : lieceive the Holy Ghost for the office and work of a priest in the church of God nowcommitted unto thee by the imposition of our hands. Whose sins thou dost forgive, thty arc forgiven ; and whose sins thou dost retain, they are retained. And be thou a faithful dispenser...

...question ; When one is set apart for the ministry, and the bishop pronounces over him the words, " Receive the Holy Ghost for the office and work of...committed unto thee by the imposition of our hands," do you think that he receives no spiritual benefit ? or that no spiritual benefit is thereby implied...

...the apostles were commissioned by the Great Bishop of our souls1: — " Receive ye the Holy Ghost — whose sins thou dost forgive, they are forgiven ;...and whose sins thou dost retain, they are retained." In adopting these words of Christ himself, the Reformers disclaimed the arrogant pretensions of the...

...for the ordination of priests, where the bishop says to each candidate : " Receive the Holy Gliost for the office and work of a priest in the church of God, now committed onto thee by the imposition of our hands. Whose sins thou dost forgive, they are forgiven ; and whose...

...hear, from his brethren, the awful words, " 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." Let us implore the Lord of all...

...be more natural and obvious ; especially as following so closely upon the language which points to the office and work of a priest, " in the church of God" it seems to refer to ecclesiastical offences. Others, however, take a two-fold view of the meaning...

...case of ordaining priests, the bishop, with the priests present, lay their hands, the bishop saying, " Receive the Holy Ghost, for the office and work of a priest." After this, the communion of the Lord's Supper is administered. The names of those who have been ordained...

...she thus, through the bishop, commits the exercise thereof to the presbyter, at his ordination : " Receive the Holy Ghost for the office and work of...thou dost retain, they are retained. And be thou a x2 faithful dispenser of the Word of God, and of his holy Sacraments ; in the name of the Father, and...

...question ; When one is set apart for the ministry, and the bishop pronounces over him the words, " Receive the Holy Ghost for the office and work of...committed unto thee by the imposition of our hands," do you think that he receives no spiritual benefit ? or that no spiritual benefit is thereby implied...

...! A similar form is used at the ordination of priests in the Church of England. The bishop says, " Receive the Holy Ghost for the office and work of a priest in the church of God, now committed to thee by the imposition of our hands," &c. Believing that by these formularies, they have been admitted...