“FOR first of all the Lord gave that power [i.e. to remit sins] to Peter, upon whom He built His Church, and whence He appointed and showed the source of unity—the power, namely that whatsoever he loosed on earth should be loosed in heaven.”
~St. Cyprian: Letters, 72:7.
Christ Giving the Keys to St. Peter, by Giovanni Battista Castello.
Illumination on vellum, 1598; Musée du Louvre, Paris.
Illumination on vellum, 1598; Musée du Louvre, Paris.
