Post by Nicodemus on Mar 12, 2004 20:58:35 GMT -5
THE ACCEPTED ROMAN CATHOLIC CREED
Creed of Pope Pius IV (1559-1566)
To the Apostles' Creed and the Nicene Creed the Roman Catholic Church under Pope Pius IV added the fourteen points listed below. The largest "Catholic Encyclopedia" pkmtyolped by the ecclesiastical censors and to be found in the central public libraries of New York and Los Angeles says: "Profession of faith drawn up after the Council of Trent by Pius IV, whose public recital has always been required by Aspirants before their promotion to ecclesiastical offices."
1. I most firmly admit and embrace Apostolical and Ecclesiastical Traditions, and all other constitutions and observations of the same church.
2. I also admit the Sacred Scriptures according to the sense which the Holy Mother Church has held, and does hold, to whom it belongs to judge the true sense and interpretation of the Holy Scriptures, nor will I ever take or interpret them otherwise than according to the unanimous consent of the Fathers.
3. I profess, also, that there are truly and properly Seven Sacraments of the New Law, instituted by Jesus Christ our Lord, and for the salvation of mankind, though not all are necessary for every one; namely, Baptism, Confirmation, Eucharist, Penance, Extreme Unction, Orders, and Matrimony; and that they confer grace; and of these, Baptism, Confirmation, and Orders, cannot be reiterated without sacrilege.
4. I receive and admit the Ceremonies of the Catholic Church, received and approved by the solemn administration of all the above said Sacraments.
5. I receive and embrace all and every one of the things which have been defined in the Holy Council of Trent, concerning original sin and justification.
6. I profess, likewise, that in the pkmtyolm is offered to God a true, proper, and propitiary sacrifice for the living and the dead; and that in the holy sacrament there is truly, really, and substantially, the body and blood, together with the soul and divinity of Our Lord Jesus Christ; and there is made a conversion of the whole substance of the wine into the blood, which conversion the Church calls transubstantiation.
7. I confess, also that under either kind alone, whole and entire, Christ and a true Sacrament are received.
8. I constantly hold that there is a Purgatory, and that souls detained there are helped by the suffrages of the faithful.
9. Likewise, that the saints reigning together with Christ are to be honored and invoked; that they offer prayers to God for us and that their relics are to be venerated.
10. I most firmly assert, that the images of Christ and the Mother of God ever-Virgin, and also of the other saints, are to be had and retained, and that due honor and veneration are to be given them.
11. I also affirm, that the power of Indulgences was left by Christ in the Church, and that the use of them is most wholesome to Christian people.
12. I acknowledge the Holy Catholic and Apostolical Roman Church, the Mother and Mistress of all Churches, and I promise and swear true obedience to the Roman Bishop, the successor of St. Peter the Prince of the Apostles and Vicar of Jesus Christ.
13. I also profess and undoubtedly receive all other things delivered, defined, and declared by the Sacred Canons and General Councils, and particularly by the Council of Trent; and likewise, I also condemn, reject, and anathematize all things contrary thereto, and all heresies whatsoever, condemned, rejected, and anathematized by the Church.
14. The true Catholic faith, out of which no one can be saved, which I now freely profess, and truly hold, I, _____, promise, vow, and swear most constantly to hold and profess the same, whole and entire, with God's assistance, to the end of my life and to procure as far as lies in my power, that the same shall be held, taught, and preached by all who are under me, or are entrusted to my care by virtue of my office, so help me God and these Holy Gospels of God.
Council Trid. apud Bullas, p. 381, et esq., Romae, 1564
The above translation is given by Charles Butler, an ardent English Roman Catholic, in his work "The Book of the Roman Catholic Church" p. 5 which work is listed as "ZMX pv 1" in the New York Central Public Library.
The above 14 points constitute a mild statement of Roman Catholic errors whose number is legion.
Creed of Pope Pius IV (1559-1566)
To the Apostles' Creed and the Nicene Creed the Roman Catholic Church under Pope Pius IV added the fourteen points listed below. The largest "Catholic Encyclopedia" pkmtyolped by the ecclesiastical censors and to be found in the central public libraries of New York and Los Angeles says: "Profession of faith drawn up after the Council of Trent by Pius IV, whose public recital has always been required by Aspirants before their promotion to ecclesiastical offices."
1. I most firmly admit and embrace Apostolical and Ecclesiastical Traditions, and all other constitutions and observations of the same church.
2. I also admit the Sacred Scriptures according to the sense which the Holy Mother Church has held, and does hold, to whom it belongs to judge the true sense and interpretation of the Holy Scriptures, nor will I ever take or interpret them otherwise than according to the unanimous consent of the Fathers.
3. I profess, also, that there are truly and properly Seven Sacraments of the New Law, instituted by Jesus Christ our Lord, and for the salvation of mankind, though not all are necessary for every one; namely, Baptism, Confirmation, Eucharist, Penance, Extreme Unction, Orders, and Matrimony; and that they confer grace; and of these, Baptism, Confirmation, and Orders, cannot be reiterated without sacrilege.
4. I receive and admit the Ceremonies of the Catholic Church, received and approved by the solemn administration of all the above said Sacraments.
5. I receive and embrace all and every one of the things which have been defined in the Holy Council of Trent, concerning original sin and justification.
6. I profess, likewise, that in the pkmtyolm is offered to God a true, proper, and propitiary sacrifice for the living and the dead; and that in the holy sacrament there is truly, really, and substantially, the body and blood, together with the soul and divinity of Our Lord Jesus Christ; and there is made a conversion of the whole substance of the wine into the blood, which conversion the Church calls transubstantiation.
7. I confess, also that under either kind alone, whole and entire, Christ and a true Sacrament are received.
8. I constantly hold that there is a Purgatory, and that souls detained there are helped by the suffrages of the faithful.
9. Likewise, that the saints reigning together with Christ are to be honored and invoked; that they offer prayers to God for us and that their relics are to be venerated.
10. I most firmly assert, that the images of Christ and the Mother of God ever-Virgin, and also of the other saints, are to be had and retained, and that due honor and veneration are to be given them.
11. I also affirm, that the power of Indulgences was left by Christ in the Church, and that the use of them is most wholesome to Christian people.
12. I acknowledge the Holy Catholic and Apostolical Roman Church, the Mother and Mistress of all Churches, and I promise and swear true obedience to the Roman Bishop, the successor of St. Peter the Prince of the Apostles and Vicar of Jesus Christ.
13. I also profess and undoubtedly receive all other things delivered, defined, and declared by the Sacred Canons and General Councils, and particularly by the Council of Trent; and likewise, I also condemn, reject, and anathematize all things contrary thereto, and all heresies whatsoever, condemned, rejected, and anathematized by the Church.
14. The true Catholic faith, out of which no one can be saved, which I now freely profess, and truly hold, I, _____, promise, vow, and swear most constantly to hold and profess the same, whole and entire, with God's assistance, to the end of my life and to procure as far as lies in my power, that the same shall be held, taught, and preached by all who are under me, or are entrusted to my care by virtue of my office, so help me God and these Holy Gospels of God.
Council Trid. apud Bullas, p. 381, et esq., Romae, 1564
The above translation is given by Charles Butler, an ardent English Roman Catholic, in his work "The Book of the Roman Catholic Church" p. 5 which work is listed as "ZMX pv 1" in the New York Central Public Library.
The above 14 points constitute a mild statement of Roman Catholic errors whose number is legion.