45. THE QUESTION WAS:

 John Chrystostem (c. 387 AD) wrote: “______________  have received a power which God has given neither to angels nor to archangels.”

a.      priests

b.      Christians

THE ANSWER IS….A….Priests

"They who inhabit the earth, they who make their abode among men, are entrusted with the dispensation of the things of heaven! Priests have received a power which God has given neither to angels nor to archangels. It was said to them: 'Whatsoever you shall bind upon earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatsoever you shall loose, shall be loosed.' [Matt 18:18] ...Whatever priests do here on earth, God will confirm in heaven... Did [God] not give them all the powers of heaven? 'Whose sins you shall forgive,' He says, 'they are forgiven them: whose sins you shall retain, they are retained.' [John 20:23] What greater power is there than this? The Father has given all the judgment to the Son. And now I see the Son placing all this power in the hands of men...." (The Priesthood 3:5:182-183)

 

 

 

 

 

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