1.
Whosoever
will be saved, before all things it is necessary that he hold the catholic
faith;
2.
Which faith
except every one do keep whole and undefiled, without doubt he shall perish
everlastingly.
3.
And the
catholic faith is this: That we worship one God in Trinity, and Trinity in
Unity;
4.
Neither
confounding the persons, nor dividing the substance.
5.
For there is
one Person of the Father, another of the Son and another of the Holy Spirit.
6.
But the
Godhead of the Father, of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit is all one, the
glory equal, the majesty co-eternal.
7.
Such as the
Father is, such is the Son and such is the Holy Spirit.
8.
The Father
uncreate, the Son uncreate, and the Holy Spirit uncreate.
9.
The Father
incomprehensible, the Son incomprehensible, and the Holy Spirit
incomprehensible.
10.
The Father
eternal, the Son eternal, and the Holy Spirit eternal.
11.
And yet they
are not three eternals, but one eternal.
12.
As also
there are not three uncreated nor three incomprehensibles, but one uncreated
and one incomprehensible.
13.
So likewise
the Father is almighty, the Son almighty, and the Holy Spirit almighty;
14.
And yet they
are not three almighties, but one almighty.
15.
So the
Father is God, the Son is God, and the Holy Spirit is God;
16.
And yet they
are not three Gods, but one God.
17.
So likewise
the Father is Lord, the Son Lord, and the Holy Spirit Lord;
18.
And yet they
are not three Lords, but one Lord.
19.
For like as
we are compelled by the Christian verity to acknowledge every person by
himself to be God and Lord;
20.
so are we
forbidden by the catholic religion to say: There are three Gods or three
Lords.
21.
The Father
is made of none, neither created nor begotten.
22.
The Son is
of the Father alone; not made nor created, but begotten.
23.
The Holy
Spirit is of the Father and of the Son; neither made, nor created, nor
begotten, but proceeding.
24.
So there is
one Father, not three Fathers; one Son, not three Sons; one Holy Spirit, not
three Holy Spirits.
25.
And in this
Trinity none is afore, nor after another; none is greater, or less than
another.
26.
But the
whole three persons are co-eternal, and co-equal.
27.
So that in
all things, as aforesaid, the Unity in Trinity and the Trinity in Unity is
to be worshipped.
28.
He therefore
that will be saved must thus think of the Trinity.
29.
Furthermore
it is necessary to everlasting salvation that he also believe rightly the
incarnation of our Lord Jesus Christ.
30.
For the
right faith is that we believe and confess that our Lord Jesus Christ, the
Son of God, is God and man.
31.
God of the
substance of the Father, begotten before the worlds; and made of the
substance of His mother, born in the world.
32.
Perfect God
and perfect man, of a reasonable soul and human flesh subsisting.
33.
Equal to the
Father as touching His Godhead, and inferior to the Father as touching His
manhood.
34.
Who,
although He is God and man, yet He is not two, but one Christ.
35.
One, not by
conversion of the Godhead into flesh, but by taking of the manhood into God.
36.
One
altogether, not by the confusion of substance, but by unity of person.
37.
For as the
reasonable soul and flesh is one man, so God and man is one Christ;
38.
Who suffered
for our salvation, descended into hell, rose again the third day from the
dead;
39.
He ascended
into heaven, He sitteth on the right hand of the Father, God Almighty;
40.
From thence
He shall come to judge the living and the dead.
41.
At whose
coming all men shall rise again with their bodies;
42.
And shall
give account of their own works.
43.
And they
that have done good shall go into life everlasting, and they that have done
evil into everlasting fire.
44.
This is the
catholic faith, which except a man believe faithfully, he cannot be saved.