The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-04-24
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The reader or British spcriosiiAis sftstsi
have seen frequent referencesto the Athana.
sim creed. The New York Christian,
Weekly, the organ of The Ritualfsts III this
country, prints It in full asj We copy II be.
low. That paper remarks chat g most Ameri.
can iaylnen, and possibly some Of onr clergy,
have not read i"it. 1t is worth preserving
THE ATHANAsIAN, CREED. s:ss i
We give below the text Of the Atianasian
Greed, or Hymn. An exact. copy has. beet,
taken, from the version OF tile English
Frayer-Book. The colon in the midst of
each verse is a musical point.
ouICUNQUE vULT.
whatsoever will besayed: before all things
It Is necessary that he hold he-Catholick
Faith. :,
Which Faith, except every one do keep
whole and indebted: without doubt he shall
perish everlastingly.
And the Cathtl:ck Faith is this: That we
worship one God in Trinity, and Trinity in
Unity:
Neither confounding the Persons: nor di-
viding the Substance.
For there il one Person of the Father, an
other OF the Son: and another OF the Holy
Ghost. =
But the Godhead of the Father, of the
Son, and of the Holy Ghost, is all one: the
Glory equal, the Majesty Co-Etcrnal.
Such as the Father is, such Is. the Son: and
such is the Holy Ghost.
The Father uncreate, the Son uucreate:
and the Holy Ghost uncreate.
The Father incomprehensible, the Son in
comprehensive: and the Holy Ghost incom-
prehcnsible.
The Father Eternal, the Son Eternal: and
the Holy Ghost Eternal.
And yet they are not three c.crnals but
one Eternal.
AS also there are not three incomprehcnsi-
bles, nor three untrtated but one uncreated
and one incomprehensible.
So likewise the Father is Almighty, the
Son Almighty: and the Holy Ghost Al
mighty.
And yet they are not three Almightics:
but one Almighty.
So the Father is God, the Son is God and
the Holy Ghost is God.
Aud yet they are not three Gods: but one
God.
So likewise the Father is Lord, the Son
Lord: and the Holy Ghost Lord.
And yet not three Lords but one Lord.
For like as we are compelled by the Chris
tian Verify: to acknowledge every Person
by himself to be God and Lord; ..-
So arc we forbidden by the Catholick Rcli
gion: to say, There be three Gods, or three
Lords.
The Father is made of none: neither Gre
ated, nor bcgotten.
The Son is Of the Father alone: not made,
nor created, but bcgottcn.
The Holy Ghost is of the Father and of
the Son: neither made, nor created, nor be-
gotten, but proceeding.
SO there is one Father, not three Fathers;
one Son, not three Soils: one Holy Ghost,
not three Holy Ghosts.
And in this Trinity none is afore, or after
other: none is greater, or less than another
But the whole three Persons are co-etcrnal
together: and co-equal.
SO that in all things, as is aforesaid: the
Unity in Trinity, and the Trinity in Unity Is
to be worshipped.
He therefore that will be saved: must thus
thuk of the Trinity.
Furthermore, it is necessary to everlasting
salvation: that he also believe rightly the
Incarnation Of our Lord Jesus Christ.
For the right Faith is, that we believe and
confess that our Lord Jesus Christ, the Son
of God, is God and Nan;
GoQ, OF The SUBSTANCE OIL the II atller, DC
gotten before the worlds: and Man, of the
Substance OF His Mother, born in the world !:
Perfect God, and perfect Man: Of Il reason
able soul and human flesh subsisting;
Equal to the Father, us touching lis God
head and inferior to the Father, rs touching
His Manhood.
Who although he he God and Man: yet
He is not two but one Christ.
One; not by conversion of the Godhead
into flesh: but by taking of the Manhood
into God;
one altogether; not by confusion OF sub
stance but ty unity of Person.
Fer as the reasonable soul and flesh is one
man so God and Man Is one Christ;
Who suffered for our salvation: descended
into hell, rose again the third day from the
! dead.
He assembled into Heaven. He sittctl, on
the right hand Of the Father, God Almighty
| from whence He shall come TO judge the quick
and the dead
At whose coming all men shall rise again
wish their bodies: and shall give account for
their own works.
| And they that have done good shall 60 into
life everlasting: and they that have done evil
into everlasting fire.
This is the Catholick Faith which except
a man believe faithfully, he cannot be saved
Glory be to the Father and to the Son
and to the Holy Ghost;
As it was in the beginning, is now, and
ever shall be: world without cnd.-Amen.