rectos cupiens, præsenti decreto ordains generally by this decree, generaliter statuit, pravos quæ- that all evil gains for the obtaining stus omnes pro his consequendis, thereof,-whence a most prolific unde plurima in Christiano po- cause of abuses amongst the Chrispulo abusuum causa fluxit, om- tian people has been derived,—be nino abolendos esse. wholly abolished. But as regards Ceteros vero, qui ex supersti- the other abuses which have protione, ignorantia, irreverentia, ceeded from superstition, ignorance, aut aliunde quomodocumque irreverence, or from whatsoever provenerunt, cum ob multiplices other source, since, by reason of the locorum et provinciarum, apud manifold corruptions in the places quas hi committuntur, corrup- and provinces where the said abuses telas commode nequeant specia- are committed, they can not convenliter prohiberi; mandat omni-iently be specially prohibited, it bus episcopis, ut diligenter quis- commands all bishops diligently to que hujusmodi abusus Ecclesia collect, each in his own Church, all suæ colligat, eosque in prima abuses of this nature, and to report synodo provinciali referat; ut, them in the first provincial Synod; aliorum quoque episcoporum that, after having been reviewed by sententia cognita, statim ad the opinions of the other bishops summum Romanum pontificem also, they may forthwith be referred deferantur, cujus auctoritate et to the Sovereign Roman Pontiff, by prudentia, quod universali Ec- whose authority and prudence that clesiæ expediet, statuatur; ut which may be expedient for the ita sanctarum indulgentiarum universal Church will be ordained; munus pie, sancte et incorrupte that thus the gift of holy Indulgences omnibus fidelibus dispensetur. may be dispensed to all the faithful, piously, holily, and incorruptly. II. PROFESSIO FIDEI TRIDENTINÆ. PROFESSION OF THE TRIDENTINE FAITH. A.D. 1564. [From the bulls of Pope Pius IV., 'Injunctum nobis,' Nov. 13, 1564, and 'In sacrosancta,' Dec. 9, 1564 (in the Bullar. Rom., also in Streitwolf and Klener, Libri Symb. Eccles. Cath. Tom. II. pp. 315-321). The Latin text of the Creed is given also by Streitwolf and Klener (Tom. I. p. 98, sub tit.: Forma juramenti professionis fidei), by Denzinger, and in other collections of Roman Symbols. See Vol. I. § 25, pp. 96–99.] firma fide credo | I. I, I. Ego with a firm faith et profiteor omnia et singula, believe and profess all and every quæ continentur in symbolo one of the things contained in fidei, quo sancta Romana Ec- that creed which the holy Roman clesia utitur, videlicet: Church makes use of: 'Credo in unum Deum, Pa 'I believe in one God, the Fa trem omnipotentem,' etc. [Sym- ther Almighty,' etc. [The Nicene Creed. See pp. 27 and 98.] bolum Nicenum. See p. 27.] II. Apostolicas et ecclesiasticas II. I most steadfastly admit and traditiones, reliquasque ejusdem embrace apostolic and ecclesiastic Ecclesiæ observationes et consti- traditions, and all other observtutiones firmissime admitto et ances and constitutions of the same amplector. Church. III. Item sacram Scripturam III. I also admit the holy Scripjuxta eum sensum, quem tenuit tures, according to that sense which et tenet sancta mater Ecclesia, our holy mother Church has held cujus est judicare de vero sen- and does hold, to which it belongs su et interpretatione sacrarum to judge of the true sense and interScripturarum, admitto; nec eam pretation of the Scriptures; neither unquam, nisi juxta unanimem will I ever take and interpret them consensum patrum accipiam et otherwise than according to the interpretabor. unanimous consent of the Fathers. IV. Profiteor quoque, septem IV. I also profess that there esse vere et proprie sacramenta are truly and properly seven sacnovæ legis a Jesu Christo Do- raments of the new law, instimino nostro instituta, atque ad tuted by Jesus Christ our Lord, salutem humani generis, licet and necessary for the salvation non omnia singulis, necessaria: of mankind, though not all for scilicet baptismum, confirmati- every one, to wit: baptism, con onem, eucharistiam, pænitentiam, firmation, the eucharist, penance, extremam unctionem, ordinem et extreme unction, holy orders, and matrimonium; illaque gratiam matrimony; and that they confer conferre; et ex his baptismum, grace; and that of these, baptism, confirmationem et ordinem sine confirmation, and ordination can sacrilegio reiterare non posse. not be reiterated without sacrilege. Receptos quoque et approbatos I also receive and admit the reEcclesiae Catholicæ ritus in su- ceived and approved ceremonies of pradictorum omnium sacramen- the Catholic Church, used in the torum solemni administratione solemn administration of the aforerecipio et admitto. said sacraments. V. Omnia et singula, quæ de peccato originali et de justificatione in sacrosancta Tridentina synodo definita et declarata fuerunt, amplector et recipio. V. I embrace and receive all and every one of the things which have been defined and declared in the holy Council of Trent concerning original sin and justification. VI. Profiteor pariter, in mis- VI. I profess, likewise, that in sa offerri Deo verum, proprium the mass there is offered to God a et propitiatorium sacrificium true, proper, and propitiatory sacripro vivis et defunctis; atque fice for the living and the dead; in sanctissimo eucharistia sa- and that in the most holy sacrament cramento esse vere, realiter et of the eucharist there is truly, realsubstantialiter corpus et sangui- ly, and substantially, the body and nem, una cum anima et divini- blood, together with the soul and tate Domini nostri Jesu Christi, divinity of our Lord Jesus Christ; fierique conversionem totius sub- and that there is made a change of stantiæ panis in corpus et to- the whole essence of the bread into tius substantiæ vini in sangui- the body, and of the whole essence nem; quam conversionem Ca- of the wine into the blood; which tholica Ecclesia transsubstantia- change the Catholic Church calls tionem appellat. transubstantiation. VII. Fateor etiam, sub altera tantum specie totum atque integrum Christum, verumque sacramentum sumi. VIII. Constanter teneo, pur VII. I also confess that under either kind alone Christ is received whole and entire, and a true sacra ment. VIII. I firmly hold that there is gatorium esse, animasque ibi a purgatory, and that the souls theredetentas fidelium suffragiis ju- in detained are helped by the sufvari. Similiter et sanctos una frages of the faithful. Likewise, cum Christo regnantes veneran- that the saints reigning with Christ dos atque invocandos esse, eos- are to be honored and invoked, que orationes Deo pro nobis and that they offer up prayers to offerre, atque eorum reliquias God for us, and that their relics esse venerandas. are to be had in veneration. IX. Firmissime1 assero, ima- IX. I most firmly assert that the gines Christi ac Deiparæ sem- images of Christ, and of the perper Virginis, nec non aliorum petual Virgin the Mother of God, sanctorum habendas et retinen- and also of other saints, ought to das esse, atque eis debitum ho- be had and retained, and that due norem ac venerationem imper- honor and veneration are to be tiendam. Indulgentiarum etiam given them. I also affirm that the potestatem a Christo in Eccle- power of indulgences was left by sia relictam fuisse, illarumque Christ in the Church, and that the usum Christiano populo maxime use of them is most wholesome to salutarem esse affirmo. Christian people. X. Sanctam Catholicam et X. I acknowledge the holy CathApostolicam Romanam Ecclesi- olic Apostolic Roman Church for am omnium ecclesiarum matrem the mother and mistress of all et magistram agnosco, Romano churches; and I promise and que pontifici, beati Petri apo- swear true obedience to the Bishstolorum principis successori ac op of Rome, successor to St. Peter, Jesu Christi vicario veram obe- Prince of the Apostles, and Vicar dientiam spondeo ac juro. of Jesus Christ. XI. Cætera item omnia a sa- XI. I likewise undoubtingly recris canonibus et acumenicis ceive and profess all other things conciliis, ac præcipue a sacro- delivered, defined, and declared by sancta Tridentina synodo tra- the Sacred Canons and General dita, definita et declarata indu- Councils, and particularly by the bitanter recipio atque profiteor; holy Council of Trent; and I consimulque contraria omnia, at- demn, reject, and anathematize all que hæreses quascumque ab Ec- things contrary thereto, and all 1 Bullarium Rom.: firmiter. clesia damnatas, rejectas et ana- | heresies which the Church has conthematizatas ego pariter damno, demned, rejected, and anathemarejicio et anathematizo. tized. most constantly to retain and confess the same entire and inviolate, with God's assistance, to the end of my life. And I will take XII. Hanc veram Catholicam XII. I do, at this present, freely fidem, extra quam nemo salvus profess and truly hold this true esse potest, quam in præsenti Catholic faith, without which no sponte profiteor et veraciter te- one can be saved; and I promise neo, eundem integram et inviolatam1 usque ad extremum vitae spiritum constantissime, Deo adjuvante, retinere et confiteri, atque a meis subditis vel illis, care, as far as in me lies, that quorum cura ad me in munere it shall be held, taught, and meo spectabit, teneri, doceri et preached by my subjects, or by prædicari, quantum in me erit, those the care of whom shall apcuraturum. Ita ego idem spondeo, voveo ac juro. Sic me Deus adjuvet, et hæc sancta Dei Evangelia. pertain to me in my office. This I promise, vow, and swear-so help me God, and these holy Gospels of God. 'Bullarium Rom.: immaculatam. |