on earth by Jesus Christ, to which I submit myself with my whole heart. I believe all the articles that she proposes to my belief, and I reject and condemn all that she rejects and condemns, and I am ready to observe all that she commands me. And especially, I profess that I believe:
One only God in three divine Persons, distinct from, and equal to, each other — that is to say, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost:
The Catholic doctrine of the Incarnation, Passion, Death, and Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ: and the personal union of the two natures, the divine and the human; the divine maternity of the most holy Mary, together with her most spotless virginity;
The true, real, and substantial presence of the body and blood, together with the soul and divinity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, in the Most Holy Sacrament of the Eucharist;
The seven sacraments instituted by Jesus Christ for the salvation of mankind; that is to say, Baptism, Confirmation, Eucharist, Penance, Extreme Unction, Order, Matrimony;
Purgatory, the resurrection of the dead, everlasting life;
The Primacy, not only of honor, but also of jurisdiction of the Roman Pontiff, successor of St. Peter, Prince of the Apostles, Vicar of Jesus Christ;
The veneration of the saints, and of their images;
The authority of the apostolic and ecclesiastical traditions, and of the Holy Scriptures, which we must interpret, and understand only in the sense which our holy Mother the Catholic Church has held, and does hold;
And everything else that has been defined, and declared by the sacred Canons, and by the General Councils, and
