 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.  Ordination Addresses - Page 166by William Stubbs - 1904 - 337 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Daniel Isaac, John Burdsall - 1840 - 548 pages
...ORDINATION. AT the ordination of a priest, the bishop, laying his hands on the head of the candidate, says, " Receive the Holy Ghost for the office and work of a priest in the church of God, committed to thee by the imposition of our hands." There is some controversy among churchmen about... | |
 | Gerald Wensley Tyrrell - 1840 - 432 pages
...set apart, the commission is granted to each, meekly kneeling on his knees, in these words : — " Receive the Holy Ghost for the office and work of a priest in the Church, now committed unto thee, by imposition of hands : whose sins thou dost forgive, they are forgiven ;... | |
 | Walter Farquhar Hook - 1841 - 434 pages
...order of Priesthood, the receivers humbly kneeling upon their knees, and the Bishop saying : Receive ye 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... | |
 | Peter Richard Kenrick - 1841 - 268 pages
...altered, in a manner apparently calculated to meet the difficulty, by the addition of the words : " 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, etc." Will any man have courage to say, that this addition... | |
 | 1841 - 760 pages
...which the priest is commissioned to his holy office : — " Receive the Holy Ghost (St. John, xx. 22) for the office and work of a priest in the church of God, now committed unto thee by the imposition of our hands, ( 1 Tim. iv. 14.) fyiwse sins thou dost forgive, they are forgiven... | |
 | 1841 - 776 pages
...which (he priest is commissioned to his holy office: — " Receive the Holy Ghost (St. John, xx. 22) for the office and work of a priest in the church of God, now committed unln (hie by lite imposition of our hands, (1 Tim. iv. 14.) ffltose sins llwit dost forgive, they are... | |
 | 1880 - 506 pages
...of priesthood." Later on in the service he lays his hand on the head of each of them, and says — " Receive the Holy Ghost for the office and work of a priest of the church of God now committed unto thee by the imposition of our hands. Whose sins thou dost forgive,... | |
 | Thomas Comber - 1841 - 382 pages
...even from the holy gospel, out of which I shall now shew both parts of this form are taken. §. II. RECEIVE THE HOLY GHOST FOR THE OFFICE AND WORK OF A PRIEST &C. WHOSE SINS THOU DOST FORGIVE, THEY ARE FORGIVEN, &C. AND BE THOU A FAITHFUL DISPENSER &C. IN THE... | |
 | Henry Stebbing - 1842 - 516 pages
...essentials of 'such a rite. It was, therefore, required, that in the ordination of presbyters, the words, " 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, &c.," should no longer be omitted, and that such other alterations... | |
 | Richard Burn - 1842 - 816 pages
...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 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... | |
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