Assertion: priest | /r/CapableOf | forgive sin
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text: But what does that have to do with a priest forgiving sin?
text: The priest forgives the sin by stating: "I absolve you from your sins in the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.
text: OBJECTOR: I don’t see how the Catholic Church can teach that a priest can forgive sins .
text: And one of its worst corruptions, according to Calvin, was the presumption of a priest forgiving sins.
text: Thus it is quite wrong to think that there is something arrogant about a priest claiming to be able to forgive sins, or to suggest that it is more “humble” to change the words of absolution to say that “Jesus absolves you” instead.
text: When priests forgive sins, they are acting in persona Christi, or in place of Christ.