...to communion with the church — their reconciliation to the church. After the resurrection, Jesus said, "Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained" (John 20:22c-23). Catholics understand this...

...all nations, beginning from Jerusalem. (Luke 24:47) As the Father has sent me, so I send you. . . . Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained. (John 20:21, 23) Not only did Jesus engage...

...has sent me, even so I send you." And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and said to them, "Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained." Now Thomas, one of the twelve, called the Twin,...

...the Father has sent me, so I send you.' When he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, 'Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained.'41 Christ does not simply forgive his disciples,...

...to them, some priests refer to the passage in John; As the Father has sent me, so I send you. Then He breathed on them and said: "Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive men's sins, they are forgiven them; if you hold them bound, they are held bound" (John 20:21-23). The...

...describes the scene with the risen Jesus and his apostles: 'He breathed on them, and said to them, "Receive [the] Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained" ' (John 20:22-3). The Acts of the Apostles and the...

...that the first time the resurrected Christ visited the apostles "He breathed on them and said to them. 'Receive the Holy Spirit, If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained."' According to the influential exegesis of St. John...

...received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, "Abba, Father" (Rom. 8:15). And so Truth says: "Receive the Holy Spirit: if you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained" (Jn. 20:22, 23). You see, the terror of the...

...resurrection, he sent them out to continue his work of reconciling people with God and each other: "Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them" (Jn 20:22-23). m tne early years of the church, the sacrament of reconcil1*7 ft iation was experienced...

...Through the apostles and to the Church, Christ passed on the mission to forgive sins. He told them: "Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained" (Jn 20:23). He sent them forth with the commission,...