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The Athanasian Creed

Whosoever will be saved, before all things it is necessary that he hold the catholic [i.e. universal, Christian] faith. - Which faith except everyone do keep whole and undefiled, without doubt he shall perish everlastingly. - And 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, 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 coeternal. - Such as the Father is, such is the Son, and such is the Holy Ghost. - The Father uncreate, the Son uncreate, and the Holy Ghost uncreate. - The Father incomprehensible, the Son incomprehensible, and the Holy Ghost incomprehensible. - The Father eternal, the Son eternal, and the Holy Ghost eternal. - And yet they are not three Eternals, but one Eternal. As there are not three Uncreated nor three Incomprehensibles, but one Uncreated and one Incomprehensible. - So likewise the Father is almighty, the Son almighty, and the Holy Ghost almighty. - And yet they are not three Almighties, 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 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 Christian verity to acknowledge every Person by Himself to be God and Lord. - So are we forbidden by the catholic religion to say, There be three Gods and three Lords. - The Father is made of none, neither created nor begotten. The Son is of the Father alone, not made nor created, but begotten. The Holy Ghost is of the Father and of the Son, neither made nor created nor begotten, but proceeding. - So there is one Father, not three Fathers; one Son, not three Sons; one Holy Ghost, not three Holy Ghosts. - But the whole three Persons are co-eternal together and coequal, 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 think of the Trinity. - Furthermore, it is necessary to everlasting salvation that he also believe faithfully 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 Man; - God of the Substance of the Father, begotten before the worlds; and Man of the substance of His mother, born in the world; - Perfect God and perfect Man of a reasonable soul and human flesh subsisting. - Equal to the Father as touching His Godhead and inferior to the Father as touching His manhood; - Who, although He be God and Man, yet He is not two, but one Christ: - One, not by conversion of the Godhead into flesh, but by taking the manhood into God; - One altogether not by confusion of Substance, but by unity of Person. - For 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 ascended into Heaven; He sitteth 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 with their bodies and shall give an account of their own works. - And they that have done good shall go into life everlasting; and they that have done evil, into everlasting fire. - This is the catholic faith; which except a man believe faithfully and firmly, he cannot be saved.

for Holy Trinity Sunday …

1 posted on 06/16/2014 3:36:49 AM PDT by NKP_Vet
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To: NKP_Vet

That is a beautiful prayer and a rare, rare gem.


2 posted on 06/16/2014 4:14:07 AM PDT by Biggirl (“Go, do not be afraid, and serve”-Pope Francis)
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To: NKP_Vet
I too enjoyed Trinity Sunday and confessing the Athanasian Creed.

There is a funny Lutheran Satire about the Trinity that includes part of the Athanasian Creed. St. Patrick's Bad Analogies on YouTube

3 posted on 06/16/2014 4:55:38 AM PDT by Tao Yin
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To: NKP_Vet
Saint Athanasius on the Trinity

Some Plain Preaching on the Family On the Feast of the Holy Trinity
My God Is So High, You Can’t Get Over Him … A Sermon for the Feast of the Holy Trinity
The fleur-de-lis
The Trinity: A Mystery for Eternity
1 and 1 and 1 Makes One. A meditation on the Solemnity of the Holy Trinity
The Trinity: Three Persons in One Nature
Essays for Lent: The Trinity
Pope to theologians: focus on the Trinity
Defend the Doctrine of the Holy Trinity! [Catholic caucus]
Hold Fast to the Confession of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit [Catholic Caucus]

[Ecumenical] Lent through Eastertide - Divine Mercy Diary Exerpts: The Holy Trinity
One God, Three Equal Persons: St. Gregory of Nazianzus {Ecumenical Thread}
Radio Replies Second Volume - The Holy Trinity
The Blessed Trinity {Ecumenical}
A Mystery for Eternity (Reflection on the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity)
On the Trinity (Angelus Address from 5/30/2010)
Mystery of the Trinity
The Trinity: More Than Just Doctrine
Origen on the Trinity: A Man Ahead of His Time
Radio Replies First Volume - The Holy Trinity

‘We live to love and be loved,’ teaches Pope while reflecting on Trinity (absolutely beautiful!)
Deathbed Request: 'Tell me About the Trinity’
Catholic Doctrine on the Holy Trinity
The Most Holy Trinity
What You [Catholics] Need to Know: Trinity [Catholic/Orthodox Caucus]
The Holy Trinity (excerpt from the Light of Faith by St. Thomas Aquinas)
The Concept of the Most Holy Trinity - The Relationship between the Three Persons in One God
A Brief Catechism for Adults - Lesson 3: God and the Holy Trinity
Sheed on the Trinity (Catholic Caucus)
The Father as the Source of the Whole Trinity - Greek and Latin Traditions About the Filioque

Trinity Facts
The Real Trinity
We believe in one only God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit
Brief Reflections on the Trinity, the Canon of Scripture,...
Why Do We Believe in the Trinity?
The Holy Trinity
Trinity Sunday (and the Trinity season)
Trinitarian Mystery
HaSheeloosh HaKadosh: The Holy Trinity
MARY’S RELATIONSHIP WITH THE TRINITY
The Divine Trinity

5 posted on 06/16/2014 7:44:12 AM PDT by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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