"Auricular Confession, as the Rev. Dr. Wainwright has so eloquently put it in his "Confession not Auricular,"
--is a diabolical caricature of the forgiveness of sin through the blood of Christ,
--just as the impious dogma of Transubstantiation is a monstrous caricature of the salvation of the world through His death.
The Romanists, and their ugly tail, the Ritualistic party in the
Episcopal Church, make a great noise about the words of our Savior, in St. John: "Whatsoever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them: and whatsoever sins ye retain, they are retained." (John xx. 23.)
But. again, our Savior had Himself, once for all, explained what He meant by forgiving and retaining sins—
So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses. Matt. xviii. 35;
For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you: But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
Matt. vi. 14, 15;
former Roman Catholic priest
--is a diabolical caricature of the forgiveness of sin through the blood of Christ,
--just as the impious dogma of Transubstantiation is a monstrous caricature of the salvation of the world through His death.
The Romanists, and their ugly tail, the Ritualistic party in the
But. again, our Savior had Himself, once for all, explained what He meant by forgiving and retaining sins—
So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses. Matt. xviii. 35;
For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you: But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
Matt. vi. 14, 15;
Nobody but wilfully-blind men could misunderstand Him."
Charles Chiniquy,former Roman Catholic priest
