Profession of Catholic Faith
Promulgated solemnly by
Pope Pius IV and the Council of Trent
● I,
N., with firm faith believe and profess each and every
article contained in the symbol of faith which the holy Roman Church uses;
namely:
● I
believe in one God, the Father almighty, maker of heaven and earth, and of all
things visible and invisible; and in
● one
Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, born of the Father before all
ages; God from God, light from light, true God from true God; begotten not
made, of one substance (consubstantial) with the Father, through whom all
things were made;
● who for us men and for our salvation came down from heaven,
and was made incarnate by the Holy Spirit of the Virgin Mary, and was made man.
● He
was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate, died, and was buried; and
● He
rose again the third day according to the Scriptures, and ascended into heaven;
● He
sits at the right hand of the Father, and He shall come again in glory to judge
the living and the dead, and of His kingdom there will be no end.
● And I
believe in the Holy Ghost, the Lord, and giver of Life, who proceeds from the
Father and the Son; who equally with the Father and the Son is adored and
glorified; who spoke through the prophets.
● And I
believe that there is one, holy, Catholic, and apostolic Church.
● I
confess one baptism for the remission of sins; and I hope for the resurrection
of the dead, and the life of the world to come.
Amen.
● I
resolutely accept and embrace the apostolic and ecclesiastical traditions and
the other practices and regulations of that same Church.
● In
like manner I accept Sacred Scripture according to the meaning which has been
held by holy
● I
also acknowledge that there are truly and properly seven sacraments of the New
Law, instituted by Jesus Christ our Lord, and that they are necessary for the
salvation of the human race, although it is not necessary for each individual
to receive them all.
● I
acknowledge that the seven sacraments are: Baptism, Confirmation, Eucharist,
Penance, Extreme Unction, Holy Orders, and Matrimony; and that they confer
grace; and that of the seven, Baptism, Confirmation, and Holy Orders cannot be
repeated without committing a sacrilege.
● I
also accept and acknowledge the customary and approved rites of the Catholic
Church in the solemn administration of these sacraments.
● I
embrace and accept each and every article on Original Sin and Justification
declared and defined in the most holy Council of Trent.
● I
likewise profess that in Mass a true, proper, and propitiatory sacrifice is
offered to God on behalf of the living and the dead, and that the Body and
Blood together with the Soul and Divinity of our Lord Jesus Christ is truly,
really, and substantially present in the most holy Sacrament of the Eucharist,
and that there is a change of the whole substance of the bread into the Body,
and of the whole substance of the wine into the Blood; and this change the
Catholic Church calls transubstantiation.
● I
also profess that the whole and entire Christ and a true Sacrament is received
under each separate species.
● I
firmly hold that there is a purgatory, and that the souls detained there are
helped by the prayers of the faithful.
● I
likewise hold that the saints reigning together with Christ should be honored
and invoked, that they offer prayers to God on our behalf, and that their
relics should be venerated.
● I
firmly assert that images of Christ, of the Mother of God ever Virgin, and of
the other saints should be owned and kept, and that due honor and veneration
should be given to them.
● I
affirm that the power of indulgences was left in the keeping of the Church by
Christ, and that the use of indulgences is very beneficial to Christians.
● I
acknowledge the holy, Catholic, and apostolic Roman Church as the mother and
teacher of all churches; and…
● I
unhesitatingly accept and profess all the doctrines (especially those
concerning the primacy of the Roman Pontiff and his infallible teaching
authority) handed down, defined, and explained by the sacred canons and
ecumenical councils and especially those of this most holy Council of Trent
(and by the ecumenical Vatican Council I).
And at the same time:
● I condemn, reject,
and anathematize everything that is contrary to those propositions, and all
heresies without exception that have been condemned, rejected, and
anathematized by the Church.
● I,
N., promise, vow, and swear that, with God’s help, I shall most constantly hold
and profess this true Catholic faith, outside which no one can be saved and
which I now freely profess and truly hold.
With the help of God, I shall profess it whole and unblemished to my
dying breath; and, to the best of my ability, I shall see to it that my
subjects or those entrusted to me by virtue of my office hold it, teach it, and
preach it. So help me God and His holy
Gospel.
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