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Whosoever will be saved, before all things it is necessary that
he hold the catholic faith;
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Which faith except everyone do keep whole and undefiled,
without doubt he shall perish everlastingly.
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And the catholic faith is this: That we worship one God in
Trinity, and Trinity in Unity,
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Neither confounding the persons, nor dividing the substance.
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For there is one person of the Father, another of the Son, and
another of the Holy Spirit.
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But the Godhead of the Father, of the Son, and of the Holy
Spirit is all one, the glory equal, the majesty co-eternal.
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Such as the Father is, such is the Son, and such is the Holy
Spirit.
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The Father uncreate, the Son uncreate, and the Holy Spirit
uncreate.
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The Father incomprehensible, the Son incomprehensible, and the
Holy Spirit incomprehensible.
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The Father eternal, the Son eternal, and the Holy Spirit
eternal.
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And yet they are not three eternals, but one eternal.
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As also there are not three incomprehensibles, nor three
uncreated, but one uncreated, and one incomprehensible.
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So likewise the Father is almighty, the Son almighty, and the
Holy Spirit almighty.
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And yet they are not three almighties, but one almighty.
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So the Father is God, the Son is God, and the Holy Spirit is
God.
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And yet they are not three Gods, but one God.
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So likewise the Father is Lord, the Son Lord, and the Holy
Spirit Lord.
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And yet there are not three Lords, but one Lord.
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For like as we are compelled by the Christian verity to
acknowledge every person by Himself to be both God and Lord,
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So we are forbidden by the catholic religion to say: there are
three Gods, or three Lords.
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The Father is made of none, neither created, nor begotten.
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The Son is of the Father alone; not made, nor created, but
begotten.
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The Holy Spirit is of the Father and of the Son, neither made,
nor created, nor begotten, but proceeding.
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So there is one Father, not three Fathers; one Son, not three
Sons; one Holy Spirit, not three Holy Spirits.
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And in this Trinity none is afore, or after other; none is
greater, or less than another;
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But the whole three persons are co-eternal and co-equal.
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So that in all things, as aforesaid, the Unity in Trinity and
the Trinity in Unity is to be worshipped.
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He therefore that will be saved must thus think of the Trinity.
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Furthermore, it is necessary to everlasting salvation that he
also believe rightly the incarnation of our Lord Jesus Christ .
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For the right faith is that we believe and confess that our
Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, is God and man,
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God, of the substance of the Father, begotten before the
worlds; and man, of the substance of His mother, born in the world;
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Perfect God and perfect man, of a reasonable soul in human
flesh subsisting;
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Equal to the Father as touching His Godhead; and inferior to
the Father, as touching His manhood.
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Who, although He is God and man, yet He is not two, but one
Christ;
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One, not by conversion of the Godhead into flesh, but by taking
of the manhood into God;
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One altogether; not by confusion of substance, but by unity of
person.
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For as the reasonable soul and flesh is one man, so God and man
is one Christ;.
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Who suffered for our salvation, descended into hell, rose again
the third day from the dead.
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He ascended into heaven, He sitteth on the right hand of the
Father, God Almighty,
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From thence He shall come to judge the living and the dead;
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At whose coming all men shall rise with their bodies;
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And shall give account of their own works.
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And they that have done good shall go into life everlasting,
and they that have done evil into everlasting fire.
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This is the catholic faith, which except a man believe
faithfully, he cannot be saved. Amen.
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