Of those on whom the Power of the Keys Can be Exercised (Three Articles)
Summa Theologica — Saint Thomas Aquinas
We must now consider those on whom the power of the keys can be exercised. Under this head there are three points of inquiry:

(1) Whether a priest can use the key, which he has, on any man?

(2) Whether a priest can always absolve his subject?

(3) Whether anyone can use the keys on his superior?

whether those who are schismatics
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