Timeline for Refutation of Protestant denial of the priestly ability to forgive sins?
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| Jun 4 at 14:50 | history | edited | Matthew | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jun 4 at 14:47 | comment | added | Matthew | @curiousdannii, I think Protestants agree that the pronunciation of absolution doesn't mean that humans can forgive sin, but rather, that humans are authorized to act in the stead of Christ to forgive sin, which certainly seems consistent with John 20:23. I'd accept that my understanding of the Protestant (at least in A/L and maybe P sects) take on AS is wrong, but that smells suspiciously like an Answer. Care to post one? | |
| Jun 4 at 14:36 | comment | added | Matthew | @RayButterworth, both. You're perhaps missing that "Protestants" in those refer to different groups. Group A (Calvinists?) denies that priests/pastors can pronounce or withhold forgiveness. Group B (A/L/P?) disagrees. Therefore, B presumably has a refutation of A's position, i.e. an explanation why they accept it despite B's disagreement. | |
| Jun 4 at 1:39 | comment | added | Ray Butterworth | That's two different questions. Are you asking for a "Refutation of Protestant denial", or for why "Protestants accept"? | |
| Jun 3 at 23:37 | answer | added | Mark Vestal | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jun 3 at 23:34 | comment | added | curiousdannii♦ | Many protestants don't reject apostolic succession, just the Catholic teachings on it, including Anglicans, Lutherans, and possibly Presbyterians (they don't talk about it, but have the same basic claim as the Anglicans). Possibly more. But on the other hand, probably most Protestants would say that even the Apostles never actually had the power to forgive sins, just to proclaim the forgiveness of sins. | |
| Jun 3 at 19:06 | history | asked | Matthew | CC BY-SA 4.0 |