Is any man able to “represent Christ as the fatherly judge”?
to the extent of deciding the eternal future of a fellow worshiper ?
Do Priests who hear confessions really have the power to grant absolution ?
Where is it in the bible ?
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No. Why send an imperfect man to do a perfect man's job? Jehovah picked Jesus personally. He, therefore has the final say. Have never known or heard of a human who could read hearts and know a person totally.
The Church grants the priest the power of absolution, not God. Repentance and abstinance from repeating the sin is up to the individual. Each one has to know God and what requires of us to be his friend.
No, no one represents Christ in regard to judgment of anyone. Only he and his Father, Jehovah God, can really know a person and their motives. Priests can't grant absolution, they can't even teach the truth of the Bible. And no where in the Bible does it say they can. Rather like the religious leaders of Jesus' day, they want to make their own laws and disregard those of Christ.