A PROFESSION OF CATHOLIC FAITH.[1]
EXTRACTED FROM THE COUNCIL OF TRENT,
I, N --, believe and profess with a firm faith, all and every one of those things, which are contained in the symbol of faith used in the Holy Catholic (Roman) Church, viz.
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, and born of the Father before all ages; God of God; Light of Light; true God of true God. Begotten, not made; consubstantial to the Father, by whom all things were made; who for us men, and for our salvation, came down from heaven, and was incarnate by the Holy Ghost of the Virgin Mary, AND WAS MADE MAN. Was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate; he suffered and was buried; and rose again the third day according to the Scripture, and ascended into heaven; sits at the right hand of the Father, and shall come again with glory to judge both the living and the dead, of whose kingdom there shall be no end. And in the Holy Ghost, the Lord and giver of Life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son, who, together with the Father and the Son, is adored and glorified; who spoke by the Prophets. And One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church. I confess one baptism for the remission of sins. And I expect the resurrection of the dead; and the life of the world to come. Amen.
I most firmly admit and embrace apostolical and
