The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-03-06

way When AriuS denied the divinity
of Christ, the General Council held at
Nice in the year 325 explicitly defined
the doctrine to be an article of the
Creed. Later, when Macedonius de-
MED the divinity of the Holy Ghost,
the Council of Constantinople con-
demned his error, and stated more
fully the doctrine contained in the
eighth article of the Apostles Creed.
The creed formulated for the explicit
profession of, faith in the doctrines
defined by these Councils is called
the Nicene Creed. The full text is as
follows:
81 believe in one God, the Father
almighty, Maker of heaven and earth,
and of all things visible and invisible.
"And in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the
only-begotten Son of God, and born of
the Father before all ages; God of
God, Light of Light true God Of true
God, begotten, not made; consubstan-
tial to the Father, by whom all things
were made. Who for us men, and for
our salvation, came down from
heaven, and became incarnate by the
Holy Ghost of the Virgin Mary, and
was made man. He was crucified also
for us, suffered under Pontius Plate,
and was buried. And the third day He
rose again, according to the Scrip
lures, and assembled into heaven;
stitch at the right hand of the Fa-
Their; and He is to come again with
glory to judge both the living and the
dead; of whose kingdom there shall
be no end.
And in the Holy Ghost, the Lord
and Giver of life, who proceedeth
from the Father and the Son; who
together with the Father and the Son
is adored and glorified; who spoke by
the prophets.
And in One, Holy; Catholic and
Apostolic Church. / confess one Bap-
tism for the remission of sins. And
expect the resurrection of the dead
and the life of the world to come.
Amen
Another creed approved by the
Church is called the Athanasian
Greed. 1t was formulated by Virgilius,
Bishop of Tapse, in Africa, or perhaps,
as some contend, by Hilary of Aries,
in Gaul, but it is called Athanasian
because it is taken from the writings
of st. Athanasius, the illustrious
Bishop of Alexandria, and propounds
the truths which he so heroically de-
Tended against the false teachers and
heretics of his day. 1t states in plain
est words what must be believed con-
corning the doctrines of the Holy
Trinity and of the Incarnation, and
the two natures, human and divine, in
the one Person of Christ.
The full text is as follows:
whatsoever will be saved, before all
things it is necessary that he hold the
Catholic faith.
Which faith, except every one do
keep entire and inviolate, without
doubt he shall perish everlastingly.
Now the Catholic faith is this: that
we worship one God in Trinity, and
Trinity in Unity;
Neither confounding the Persons,
nor dividing the substance.
For there is one Person of the
Father, another of the Son, another of
the Holy Ghost.
But the Godhead of the Father and
of the Son and of the Holy Ghost is
all one; the glory equal, the majesty
coeternal.
Such as the Father is, such is the
Son and such is the Holy Ghost.
THE Father uncreated, the Son un-
created, the Holy Ghost uncreated.
"The Father infinite, the Son in
finite, the Holy Ghost infinite.
THE Father eternal, the Son eter-
nal, and the Holy Ghost eternal.
And yet there are not three
Eternals, but one Eternal.
"As also there are not three un-
created Beings nor three Infnites; but
one uncreated Being and one In
finite.
In like manner the Father is al
mighty, the Son is almighty, and the
Holy Ghost is almighty.
mighties, but one Almighty.
SO the Father is God, the Son is
God, and the Holy Ghost is God.
And yet they are not three Gods,
but only one God.
so likewise the Father is Lord, the
Son is Lord, and the Holy Ghost is
Lord.
And yet there are not three Lords,
but one Lord.
For like as we are compelled by
Christian truth to acknowledge each
Person by Himself to be God and
Lord;
So we are forbidden by the Cath
Ollie religion to say there are three
Gods or three Lords.
THE Father is made of none,
neither created nor begotten
The Son is from the Father alone,
not made, nor created, but begotten.
The Holy Ghost is from. the Father
and the, Son, not made nor created,
nor begotten, but proceeding.
$50 there is one Father, not three
Fathers; one Son, not three Sons; one
Holy Ghost, not three Holy Ghosts.
eAnd in this Trinity there is moth
ing before or after, nothing greater or
less; but the whole three Persons are
coeternaI and coequa1.
so that in all things, as is afore-
said. the Unity is to be worshipped in
Trinity and Trinity in Unity.
Furthermore, it is necessary to