At the Creed
The Dominican Manual, 1913Source and notes
Source
| Printed in | THE Dominican Manual: A SELECTION OF PRAYERS AND DEVOTIONS, AUTHORISED BY THE CHURCH, AND ENRICHED WITH NUMEROUS INDULGENCES. |
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| Imprint | Dublin, BROWNE AND NOLAN, LTD., NASSAU STREET., 1913 |
| Pages | p. 51 |
| Scan | leaf 77 of the Internet Archive copy |
| Approval | Nihil Obstat: THOMAS O’DONNELL, Censor Theol. Deput. Imprimatur: ✠ GULIELMUS, Archiep. Dublinen., Hiberniæ Primas. Die 16ᵒ Junii, 1913. |
| Rights | Public domain in the United States. |
Master of the First Prayerbook of Maximilian, The Mass of St. Gregory, Hours of Queen Isabella the Catholic, about 1500. Cleveland Museum of Art.
I FIRMLY believe—because God who is Infallible Truth hath so revealed it to the Holy Catholic Church, and through the Church to us—I firmly believe that there is only one God, in Three Divine Persons, equal and distinct, whose names are Father, Son, and Holy Ghost: that the Son became man, and through the operation of the Holy Spirit took flesh and a human soul in the womb of the most pure Virgin Mary, that he died for us upon the cross, rose again, ascended into heaven, and that he will come from thence at the end of the world to judge all the living and dead, to give paradise to the good, and hell to the wicked, for ever; and furthermore, upon the same motive, I believe everything that the Holy Church believes and teaches. In this faith and for this faith I desire to live and die. Grant, O Lord, that my life may be comfortable with my faith, that my faith may be animated by good works, that I may never be ashamed to declare myself a Catholic, and may constantly maintain the interests of thy holy religion. Draw closer to me, Lord, the bonds that bind me to thy Holy Church; put into my heart a spirit of perfect obedience to its lawful pastors. In its bosom I became thy child, and in its bosom I desire to live and die. Amen.