Letter 97: . Against the Macedonians, or Spirit-Contesters.
. Against the Macedonians, or Spirit-Contesters. It was in order to show the union of the most Holy Spirit with Himself and the Father said to the disciples that Our Lord and Master, after rising from the dead, said to his disciples, “Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive any ones’ sins, they are forgiven.”- namely, by the authority [1] of the divine Spirit you receive, who has divine power to remit sins.
Modern English rendering for readability. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek for scholarly use.
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