↑ “Tracts on Principles of Divine Worship: No. 3. The Sprinkling of Holy Water”. New York: Men's Guild, St. Ignatius' Church. Truy cập ngày 13 tháng 1 năm 2013. Holy water has no power to beautify the soul here in time and the body in eternity, as Penance and the Eucharist have; but for those who reverently use it, having the right dispositions of faith and contrition, it has power to banish demons, dispel their deceits and vexations, cleanse the soul from stain of venial sins, avert earthly ills (other than those which God allows for our good), and to promote our temporal welfare.
↑ Theiler, Henry (1909). Holy Water and Its Significance for Catholics. Ratisbon, New York: F. Puster & Co. Reprint: Sophia Institute Press, 2016. ISBN0-7661-7553-7 pp. 13-15.
↑ Chambers's encyclopædia (1870). Philadelphia: Lippincott & Co. p. 374.
↑ Nathaniel Altman, 2002 Sacred water: the spiritual source of life ISBN1-58768-013-0 pp 130–133
↑ Catechism of the Catholic Church, Sacramentals, ss. 1667, 1668
