56 The Faith of Our Fathers 7. The Apostles were empowered by our Savior to forgive sins: — "Whose sins ye shall forgive, they are forgiven."91 "God," says St. Paul, "hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation."92 The Bishops and Priests of the Catholic Church, as the inheritors of Apostolic prerogatives, profess to exercise the ministry of reconciliation, and to forgive sins in the name of Christ. Protestants affirm, on the contrary, that God delegates to no man the power of pardoning sin. 8. Regarding the sick, St. James gives this instruction: "Is any man sick among you, let him bring in the priests of the Church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord."93 One of the most ordinary duties of a Catholic Priest is to anoint the sick in the Sacrament of Extreme Unction. If a man is sick among us he is careful to call in the Priest of the Church, that he may anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord. No such ceremony as that of anointing the sick is practised by any Protestant denomination, notwithstanding the Apostle's injunction. John xx. 28. 'II. Cor. v. 18. ' James v. 14.