[107] The Penitentiaries of the four principal Basilicas of Rome hold a long rod or wand, in sign of their extended power to absolve even the most enormous crimes.
[108] Acts xvi. 31.
[109] Matt. xvi. 19.
[110] Matt. xviii. 21.
[111] Matt. xiii. 11.
[112] Matt. xviii. 18.
[113] John xx. 22, 23.
[114] 1 Tim. iv. 3.
[115] Matt. xxvi. 33.
[116] Matt. xxvi. 35.