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   From: seaviews7@yahoo.com   
      
   On 6/23/2023 10:04 AM, servant scribbled:   
   > Friend james proposes a theory:>   
   >   
   >> No one went to a confessional by the first century Christians.   
   >   
   > Correct, one by one individuals stood before the congregation for public   
   > confession/absolution of their sins in the early church.   
      
   its not correct.  It says,  "Let him bring in the priesthood"  Just   
   cause it says one to another, does not remove the priesthood as being   
   the one or the other?  It is specific, one to another.  It does not mean   
   remove the priesthood from the precepts of the Church.  Bible is a big   
   set of books that tells you about the true Church for a long long time,   
   and Jesus, did not remove those old testament precepts.   
      
   he is using a protestant piece of shit.  What is Jas.  Its the book of   
   James.  example,   if you go online, and download the Douay Rheims   
   Vulgate in the open source, you will find that the Douay Rheims english   
   part, not the Hebrew one, or the Latin, or the French or the Greek, the   
   english part, the book of James is mislabeled, they are calling it   
   Jacob.  which is very stupid.  Jacob lived in a different time old   
   testament time.  But still, the thing works, but all the labels for   
   James is Jacob.  That, is typical of what protestants do to the word of   
   Our Lord.  They are so very careless and stupid.   
      
   >>   
   > How does the jw vatican prescribe practicing confession/absolution and on   
   > what authority?   
   >   
   > 1 John says all blievers sin and confession of the sin is the cure.  He   
   > adds if someone says they do not sin; they are a liar.   
   >   
   > As for who has the authority of absolution scripture declares:   
   >   
   > In the Gospel of John, Jesus says to the Apostles, after being raised from   
   > the dead, "Receive the Holy Spirit. Whose sins you forgive, they are   
   > forgiven; and whose sins you shall retain, they are retained".   
   >   
   > In the line of apostolic succession and for the church established by   
   > Christ; a priest as the srvant and on behalf of his bishop can excersize   
   > that authority.   
   >   
   > That doctrine includes the lutheran and anglican churchs among protestants.   
   > Other protestants have a general confession/absolution, ie. it is done by   
   > the congregation as a whole in the presence of the pastor.   
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