their successors in the priesthood was the power delivered of consecrating, offering and administering His Body and Blood, as also of forgiving and retaining sins. 393. Catholic Church, Roman—Priesthood, Position of SOURCE: Catechism of the Council of Trent for Parish Priests, trans. by John A. McHugh and Charles J. Callan (1958), p. 318. Copyright 1934 by Joseph F. Wagner, Inc., New York. Used by permission. Bishops and priests being, as they are, God’s interpreters and ambassadors, empowered in
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