The Spirit And The Keys

Et habeo claves mortis et inferni. Non solum, inquit, mortem resurrectione devici; sed et ejusdem mortis habeo dominium. Quod etiam Ecclesiae Spiritum sanctum insufflando tribuit. Quorum, inquiens, dimiseritis peccata, dimittuntur eis, et caetera. Sanctus Beda, Explanatio Apocalyspsis, Liber I, Caput I Source: Migne 93.137a

And I have the keys of death and hell... 1 Not only, He says, have I conquered death with resurrection, but I even have dominion over death. Which He gives to the Church with the inbreathing of the Holy Spirit. 'Which sins you shall forgive, shall be forgiven them,' and the rest. 2 St Bede, Commentary On The Apocalypse, Book 1, Chapter 1 1 Apoc 1.18 2 Jn 20.22-232