 | Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints - 1908 - 868 pages
...Church of England did not the bishop, when laying his hands upon him, say: "Receive the Holy Ghost for the office and work of a priest in the Church...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?"... | |
 | Church of England. House of Bishops - Religion - 1988 - 156 pages
...intention of ordination is to show beyond doubt that the person so ordained has authority to exercise the office and work of a priest in the Church of God. We are all agreed therefore that it is a grave step to ordain someone knowing that their ministry is... | |
 | Church of England. Archbishops' Group on the Episcopate - Religion - 1990 - 380 pages
...intention of ordaining him to the episcopate: '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'. The laying on of hands occurs within a context which defines its purpose. That is to say, it would... | |
 | Gillian Rosemary Evans, G. R. Evans - History - 2002 - 356 pages
...the candidate with the declared intention of ordaining him to the priesthood; 'Receive the Holy Ghost for the office and work of a priest in the Church of God, now committed unto thcc by the imposition of our hands. ' The bishop does this as one acting within the universal Church... | |
 | J. F. Maclear - Church and state - 1995 - 534 pages
...Church of GOD committed unto thee: In the name," &c. And the priesthood thus: "Receive the HOLY GHOST, for the office and work of a Priest, in the Church...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.... | |
 | J. F. Puglisi - Religion - 1996 - 260 pages
...prayers pronounced during the imposition of hands: "Receive the Holy Ghost, for the Office, and iwrk of a Priest, in the Church of God, now committed unto thee by the imposition of our hands.'"-" There is no longer any doubt as to which order is meant. The bestowal of the Bible then follows, as... | |
 | Ivan Clutterbuck - ANGLICAN CHURCHES. - 1996 - 228 pages
...Book of Common Prayer continues this authority at the ordination of a priest - 'Receive the Holy Ghost for the office and work of a priest in the Church of God... whose sins thou dost forgive, they are forgiven.' So within our Church of England we have the means... | |
 | Biography & Autobiography - 1997 - 392 pages
...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...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.... | |
 | Gillian Rosemary Evans - Ecclesiastical law - 1998 - 180 pages
...England clearly intends a passing on of the 'binding and loosing' authority. Receive the Holy Ghost for the office and work of a priest in the Church...committed unto thee by the imposition of our hands. Whose sins thou dost forgive, they are forgiven; and those sins thou dost retain, they are retained.... | |
 | John E. Booty, Stephen Sykes, Jonathan Knight - Religion - 1998 - 542 pages
...was also amended so that it now read: '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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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. 
