26- Singled Them Out and Gave Them The Authority to Absolve And Bind

 

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[21] Also He Singled Them Out and Gave Them The Authority to Absolve And Bind

(Mat 16:19) "And I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven."

(Mat 18:18) "Assuredly, I say to you, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.

(John 20:22-23) And when He had said this, He breathed on them, and said to them, "Receive the Holy Spirit. {23} "If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained."

Assigned To Them The Authority To Teach And To Baptise

Priesthood Books by H. H. Pope Shenouda III

Authority To Carry Out The Sacrament Of The Eucharist