CCC 1461: Since Christ entrusted to his apostles the ministry of reconciliation, bishops who are their successors, and priests, the bishops' collaborators, continue to exercise this ministry. Indeed bishops and priests, by virtue of the sacrament of Holy Orders, have the power to forgive all sins "in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit."
- Catechism: Power of the apostles to forgive sins
- Catechism: The Church’s power to forgive sins
- Catechism: Priests as instruments to forgive sins
- Catechism: The Holy Spirit in the power of forgiving sins
- Catechism: God alone can forgive sins
- Catechism: Right to receive holy orders given to no one
- Catechism: Why is the Sacrament of Holy Orders called “Orders”
- Catechism: Call to Holy Orders
- Catechism: Configuration to Christ in Holy Orders
- Catechism: The outpouring of the Holy Spirit in the sacrament of Holy Orders
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