Are you not familiar with Christ telling the apostles, "Whose sins you shall forgive, they are forgiven them. Whose sins you shall retain, they are retained."????
Those powers are passed down from Christ through the Bishop when he ordains a priest.
You might want to do a little more research on this matter.
76 posted on 08/11/2018 1:04:52 PM PDT by Salvation
("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)