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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