Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes?

In Chapter 42, Hobbes focuses on the powers of the ecclesiastical. The power originally was with the apostles and then to those who were ordained to speak of the word of God. All commissioned by Jesus Christ were to convert men to Christianity for their salvation. God gave this right to the apostles by "breathing" on them and saying they should receive the Holy Spirit. He then sent down, with a mighty wind, the ability to teach his word well to others.