I constantly hold that there is a Purgatory; and that the souls therein detained are helped by the suffrages of the Faithful.
Likewise that the Saints reigning together with Christ, are to be honoured and invocated, and that they offer prayers to God for us, and that their Relics are to be had in veneration.
I most firmly assert, that the Images of Christ, of the Mother of God, ever Virgin, and also of other Saints, ought to be had and retained, and that due honour and veneration is to be given them.
I also affirm, that the power of Indulgences was left by Christ in the Church; and that the use of them is most wholesome to Christian people.
I acknowledge the Holy, Catholic, Apostolic Roman Church, for the Mother and Mistress of all Churches; and I promise true obedience to the Bishop of Rome-Successor to St. Peter, Prince of the Apostles, and Vicar of Jesus Christ.
I likewise undoubtedly receive and profess all other things delivered, defined, and declared by the sacred Canons and General Councils, and particularly by the holy Council of Trent. And I condemn, reject, and anathematize all things contrary thereto, and all heresies, which the Church has condemned, rejected, and anathematized.
I, N. N. do at this present freely profess, and sincerely hold this true Catholic faith, without which no one can be saved :[1] and I promise most constantly to retain and confess the same entire and unviolated, with God's assistance, to the end of my Life.
THE END.
- ↑ He that believeth, and is baptised, shall be saved ; but he that believeth not, shall be damned.–Mark xvi. 16, Protestant translation.
