...appoints them to their office. The same observation may be applied to the other part of the form. " Whose sins thou dost forgive " they are forgiven : and whose sins thou dost re" tain they are retained." When these words were gpokeu by our Lord to his Apostles, they had been...

...says to him, with solemn laying on of hands, both by the Bishop and the Priests who are present, — " Receive the Holy Ghost for the office and work of...thee by the imposition of our hands. Whose sins thou jdost forgive, they are forgiven ; and whose sins thou dost retain, they are retained." The Church...

...nf erf ry one tkut recevpcth the order of Prtcsthand; the Receivers humbly kneeling, and the Bishop saying, RECEIVE the Holy Ghost for the office and work of a Priest in the .'hurdi of God, now committed unto thee >y tke imposition of our hands: whose sins thou dost forgive,...

...the order of priesthood, the receiver, humbly kneeling on his knees, the bishop says,—' Receive ye 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: whose sins thou dost forgive they are forgiven, and whose sins...

...shall lay their hands upon the Head of the elected Bishop kneeling before them, the Presiding Bishop saying, 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...

...receiveth the order of priesthood ; the receivers humbly kneeling upon their knees, and the Bishop saying, "Receive the Holy Ghost, for the office and...priest in the Church •of God, now committed unto tliee By the imposition of our hands. — Whose sins thou dost forgive, they are forgiven; and whose...

...lay tticir hands upon the head, of the elected person kneeling be/ore them upon his knees, the Bishop saying, Receive the Holy Ghost for the office and work of a Bishop in the Church of 'Jod, now committed unto thee by the imposition of our hands, in the name of...

...priesthood, the receivers humbly kneeling, and the bishop saying, Receive the Holy Ghost, for the ofiice and work of a priest in the church of God, now committed...imposition of our hands; WHOSE SINS THOU DOST FORGIVE, THEY ABE FORGIVEN ; and whose sins thou dost retain, they are retained." Form and manner of ordering priests.t...

...the following form should be used, " Almighty God, our Heavenly Father, grant unto thee the gift of the Holy Ghost for the office and work of a priest...committed unto thee by the imposition of our hands. And be thou a faithful dispenser of the Word of God, and of His holy sacraments, in the name of the...

...that receiveth the Order of priesthood; the receivers humbly kneeling, and the Bishop saying, DECEIVE the Holy Ghost for the office and work of a priest...God, now committed unto thee by the imposition of oui hands: whose sins thou dost forgive, they are forgiven : and whose sins thou dost retain, hey are...