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Refutation of Protestant denial of the priestly ability to forgive sins?
Catholics and some Protestants believe that priests/pastors can forgive sin, usually citing John 20:23 as justification. For example, one variant of the Anglican liturgy has the Pastor make the ...
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How do Protestants Receive forgiveness for post-Baptismal Sins?
Several questions have dealt with Protestants' rejection of the Catholic sacrament of confession. This question seeks information about how Protestants receive forgiveness or absolution.
At baptism, ...
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According to Arminian Protestants, who can forgive sin or withhold forgiveness?
"If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you withhold forgiveness from any, it is withheld." (John 20:23)
The Power of the Keys is a Catholic (and, IIUC, Lutheran) ...
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What is the Protestant view of John 20:23 and the disciples ability to forgive sins?
Besides the Anglican Church (as far as I'm aware) no Protestant Church practices confession.
John 20:23 (ESV) says:
23 If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you withhold ...
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Why can't God forgive a sinner without having to kill Jesus the righteous one?
Non-Christians raise many objections to the atoning death of Jesus Christ, who is the Lamb of God. One of the most important objections is that God being the Almighty and Sovereign should be able to ...
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Why did Stephen have authority to ask God to forgive the sins of his nonbelieving executioners?
Consider the following verse related to Stephen's stoning:
Acts 7:60
Then he fell on his knees and cried out, "Lord, do not hold this sin
against them." When he had said this, he fell ...
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Positional and Relational Forgiveness, what is the Biblical Basis?
My question spawns from an explanation of 1 John 1:9 provided by the very popular protestant resource GotQuesitons.org.
It seems to me that the answer given has holes in it, which I would like, ...
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How do Protestants understand the "unforgivable" sin?
Scripture refers to an unpardonable sin in Matthew 12:31–32, Mark 3:29–30, and Luke 12:10, as well as Hebrews 6:4–6.
There's also "sin that leads to death" (1 John 5:16–17).
Given the Protestant ...
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Do Christians have the authority to forgive sin?
Catholic doctrines of Penance teach that if a priest forgives the sin of a parishioner, then that sin is forgiven by God as well- the sacrament of Penance is effective, and not just ceremonial. ...
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Is the Roman Catholic understanding of forgiveness different from the Protestant understanding?
Recently I read Simon Wiesenthal's book, The Sunflower: On the Possibilities and Limits of Forgiveness, and I was challenged to flesh out my understanding of forgiveness. There were aspects which I ...
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Do I have to disclose my private life to a stranger?
Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another,
that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great
power as it is working. (James 5:16, ESV)
If I did ...
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Since God provided for the forgiveness of sins in the Old Testament, why do we need Jesus?
I thought of this when I was researching this question.
Leviticus 4 goes into great detail about the sacrifice that must be made in order for a sin to be forgiven. However, we see here that God ...
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