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Podcast: Wrestling with Theology
Episode: Small Catechism: Office of the Keys (John 20:19-23)
Description: What is the Office of the Keys?The Office of the Keys is that special authority which Christ has given to His church on earth to forgive the sins of repentant sinners, but to withhold forgiveness from the unrepentant as long as they do not repent.Where is this written?This is what St. John the Evangelist writes in chapter twenty: The Lord Jesus breathed on His disciples and said, 'Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive anyone his sins, they are forgiven; if...