[Campion]

Were you ever taught that the priest, during your confession, is given the power, by either God or the Church, to forgive your confessed sins?

Yes. Jesus taught me that in John 20:23.

[Beloved Levinite]

Well, Jesus taught *me* the follwing,

Jesus words from Luke 5: 20-21: And when he saw their faith, he said unto him, Man, thy sins are forgiven thee. And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, Who is this which speaketh blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God alone?

(Seems pretty clear to me.)

[Beloved Levinite]

Well, Jesus taught *me* the following,

Jesus words from Luke 5: 20-21: And when he saw their faith, he said unto him, Man, thy sins are forgiven thee. And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, Who is this which speaketh blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God alone?

(Seems pretty clear to me.)

[Beloved Levinite]

Luke 5:24 But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power upon earth to forgive sins, (he said unto the sick of the palsy,) I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy couch, and go into thine house.