...the power of Christ, to their successors the commission originally given by our Lord in these words, "As the Father hath sent me, I also send you" (John, xx. 21). From the Scriptural evidences just quoted you perceive that Christ is the sole fountain of all ministerial...

...life and the next? Is not the answer to this riddle to be found in our Lord's words to His apostles, " As the Father hath sent Me, I also send you " (John xx. 21); and in those also which God spoke to Jeremias concerning the false prophets, "I sent them not, neither...

...who gave such power to men " (Mat. ix. 8). On the day of His Resurrection He said to His Apostles, " As the Father hath sent me, I also send you" (John xx. 21) : that is, He sent them, as men like Himself, with power to forgive sins ; for St. John continues :...

...preacher, and how shall they preach unless they be sent ?" Romans x, 14. Christ, himself was sent: "As the Father hath sent me, I also send you." John xx, 22. The ministers of the one true Church, the Church Catholic, and they alone, have the divine commission...

...time. For (a) this power is contained in the mission given by Christ to His apostles with the words : " As the Father hath sent Me I also send you " (John xx. 21 ; cf. 188). But the mission of the apostles is to continue to the end of time (43); consequently, also...

...variety of beliefs. Christ therefore gave to His Apostles an authority to teach, like unto His own (' As the Father hath sent Me, I also send you '—John xx. 21), and this Apostolic mission was to continue to the end. For this reason, the teaching of the Apostles...

...pontifical. Episcopal authority is the outcome of the authority of Christ, who said to His apostles, " As the Father hath sent Me, I also send you " (John xx. 21). Thus the apostles were to do precisely what their blessed Master had done. To them was transmitted...

...and behold, I am with you all days, even to the consummation of the world " (Matth. xxviii. 18 ff.). "As the Father hath sent Me, I also send you" (John xx. 21). "Go ye into the whole world and preach the gospel to every creature. He that believeth and is baptized,...

...personal teaching was the establishment of a teaching body whose mission was identical with His own: " As the Father hath sent me, I also send you" (John, xx, 21); and "He that heareth you, heareth me" (Luke, x, 16). He was not content with proclaiming once for all...

...this divine authority, having been sent by the Father. The Apostles had it, having been sent by Him. "As the Father hath sent me, I also send you" (John xx., 21). And the Bishops of the Catholic Church, jvith the Pope as their head, have it by lawful election and...