E SACRIFICE OF THE MASS

THE CREED. 59
qui ex Patre Filioque pro- giver, who proceedeth from
cedit : qui cum Patre, et Filio
simul adoratur et conglorificatur:
qui
the Father and the Son :
together with the Father and
locutus est per
Prophetas. Et unam sanctam
catholicam et apostolicam
Ecclesiam. Confiteor unum
baptisma
the Son is adored and glorifled
who ; spake by the pro-
phets. And one holy Catholic
and Apostolic Church. I con-
in remissionem peccatorum.
Et exspecto resurrectionem
mortuorum, et
vitam venturi saeculi. Amen,
fess one baptism for the remis-
sion of sins. And I look for
the resurrection of the dead
and the life of the world to
come. Amen.
EXPLANATION OF THE NICENE CREED.
who
I believe; believe does not mean as often in English
a mere expression of opinion said hesitatingly and
doubtfully ; believe means a firm, unhesitating, abso
lutely certain state of mind, without shadow of fear or
doubt, because the belief rests on the word of God.
In one God. We are bound to believe in God, infinite
in every perfection, containing in Himself the fulness
of every conceivable good : hence it follows there is
only one God for the fulness of every conceivable
perfection is found in one God alone. The Father
The word Father in the Creed leads us to
Almighty.
a knowledge of the Trinity ; there cannot be a Father
without a Son ;
thus we are obliged to acknowledge the
Trinity in which there is a distinction of person with one
and the same nature, the Son proceeds from the Father,
the Holy Ghost necessarily from the Father and Son.
Almighty means that God can do everything which is
not repugnant to His infinite perfection. Almighty
is the name most frequently applied to God in Scripture.
The thought of omnipotence strengthens more than
anything else our faith, hope, and confidence in God.
Maker here is the same as Creator, and the latter