HiMory of the ApoiUaf {>eed(LoDd. 1702, 8fo); Bov- row, Expoeittom of the Creeds Worics, voL it ; Peaneo, ExpotUicn of the Creed (many editiiims ; thie beet sc Dobeon's, Ixmd. 1840, 8vo, with an appendix esntais- ing the principal Greek and Latin ereeda ; mad Bst- ton's, Oxford, 1847, 2 vols. 8vo) ; Witsiiia, De Ssfmieb ApoioHco (BaaiL 1789, 4lo ; translated by Fasa, Glasgow, 1828, 2 vols. 8vo); Leighton, Worka, mtL S. A thorough investigation on the Roman CathoMc skk may be found in Meyera, De SymboU Apo&ioUei ld»^ oriffme^ etc. (Trevir. 1849, 8vo). Dr. Nevin faximim an able discnission in the Mercertburgk JSeriev, 18^ three artidee ; also 1868, p. 895 sq. There is an Eb- onite article by Proudfit, Prmceton Bemew^ Ootebec; 1852, which opposes not only the Tridentiiie the- ory of the origin of the creed, bat alao tlie modcn mystico-philosophical theory of M6hler and Nevmsa. Apart from these questions, nearly all tbe chorcfaes ti Cfarbtendom agree in reverence for thia ancieiit Ibr- mula as a beautiftil, true, and compreheasiw stito> ment of the great ftmdamental &cta vf C^uistiaflily; admitting, with Dr. Sdiaii; that, tbongli it is '^net m form the production of the apostles, it ia a fidtbfiil ooai* pend of* their doctrines, and comprehends the leafing articles of the fiUth in the triune God and h» revela- tion, from the creation to tiie lifo everlaatmfi^ in sab- lime simplicity, in unsurpassable brevity, in tlie most beautiAil order, and with Uturgical acdemnity ; and to this day it is the common bond of Greek, Roman, aad evangelical Christendom" (&€iuiff,BiMorj^oftieApet- tdie Churchy § 142, p. 568). See also Hkids, Earif Chrittiamty, pt iii, ch. vi; Procter, Om Commom J*rt^ er, p. 227 ; Harvey, The Biei. etc., (fthe Three Cnedtf Guericke, AUg. chrietL Sgikbolik, § 12 ; Bingban^ Orif. Ecdet, bk. X, ch. iii ; Goode, Dieme Rule ofFaiA aad Practice, ch. iv ; Cunningham, Historietd Theoiogg, du iii; Peck, Dirine Rule of Faith tmd Practice^ 207 sq.; Princeton Review, Oct. 1852, art. iv; Shedd, Biekry of Doctrinee, bk. vii, ch. i, § 2; Martenaen, DegmaAct (Ckrk's Library), § 28.
CREED, Athanasiah, one of the ^kree great ciee& It was at one time supposed to have been drawn up by Athanasius in the fourth century. It is also enDed, ftt>m its opening words, the symbol QmcMmgae fdC It is as follows:
8yml)olum Aihanaeii.
LaHn, QoiemKiae vult salvni ante omnia opus est at teneat catboUcam fidem. Quam nid quiaqoe Integram, inviolatam- qae eervaverit t absque dnbio In ntemum peribit. Fidea au- tem cathoUoa hsc est, ut unam Deam in Trinitate; et Trini- tatem to Unitate veneremur; neque coofundeiitea persooas : neque subitantiam aeparaotM. Alia est enim penona Patrla; alia FUU : alia SpiritUB SanotL Bed Patrii, et FUU, et BpMtiu Sanctij una est Divinltas; nqnalis eloria, oontema ma^ festaa. Qnalls Pater, talis FQ- tus, talln Spirittts Saneius. In- creatoB Pater, IncreataB Fllius, increatne Spirltns Sanctus. Tmrnensas Pater, immensus Fillos, immeuBUs ^^(us Sane ins. .^tenuis Pater, tetemns Filing, stemos Spiritos Sano- tuB. Et tamen non tres eter- ni, Bed unuB cternns. Siout non tres increati, neo tres Im- meuBl, Bed unuB inereatufj et unuB immensoa. Similiter omnipotens Pater, omnipotens Filias, omnipotens Spiritos SanetoB. Et tamen non tres omnipotentes, sed nnos omnip- otens. Ita Dens Pater, DeuB Filina, Dens Spfritns Sanetos. Et tamen non tres Dii, Bed unos est Dens. Ita Dominua Pater, Dominus Fiiiua, Domi- nus SpiritUB SanctUB. Et ta-
Whoever will be mrti, bs- fore all things it h oeeeassiy that he hold the cathoBe iiitk Which faitlu ezee^ every «e do keep whole and imdMDed, without doabt be riian peilfii everlastingly. Aad the cath- olic &tth Ib this : that we WW. ship one God hi Trinity, aad Trinity in Unity ; neither cm- founding the persoiM, nor dS-
viding the nhsteoeeL For there is one pentm off the Fk- tber, another of the Soa, aad another of the Holy GhasL But the Godhead of the Father, of the Son, and of the Udy Ghost is aU one: the glocr equal, the mi^esty ooetavA Such as the Fatiier is. soch ii the Son, and such is the H(df Ghost. The Father 1loemt^ the Sao nnereate, and tfe>H<df Ghost nnereate. The Father ioooroprebenslble, the Sod i»- oomprehensfble. and the Holj Ghoat inooopreheiMiUe. Tte Father eternal, the Son ^e^ nal, and the U0I7 Ghost ets^ naL And yet they are ut three eternals, bot one etecasL Ab alBO there are not tlace ineonprohenaiblea, nor three uncreated, but one naerBafeed, and ooe inoomprehasAla 80 likewise the Father Is alsigfc- ty, the Son almighty, aad tin Uoly Ghost almig^. Aad yel there ars not turn al<
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xnan nan tTM Domini, Bed nnuslmlghtys, but one almigtity. est DominuB. Quia sicut sin- So th^ Father is God, Jthe son gUlatlm tmamquamque Perao- xukm Deiun et Dominum oon
fiteri ChrislSaDa veritate oom- pellixnor, ita tree Deos ant i:>oniino0 dicere, catholica re- listone prohibemnr. Pater a nullo est foctns ; nee oreatus, nee genitua. Filius a Patre Bolo eat ; non factui, nee cre< atua s«d genitua. Splritua SAn^uB a F^tre et Filio; non fiftcta&i nee creatus, nee geni- tus, sea procedens. Uniu ergo y'a.ter, non tres Fatres; nntu Flliue, non tree Filll; unui SpiritoB Sanctut, non tres Spirltus Sancti. Et in luu: Trinitate nihil priua ant poete- rius, nihil mivfus ant minus. Sed tots tres personce cosater- xxtk, aibi sunt, et ooeequales. Ita ut per omnia (dcut Jam snpra dictttm est) et Unitas in Trin- itate, et trinitaa in Unitate veneranda sit. Qni vult ergo ealvna eese^iUdeTrinitote sen- Uat. Sed neceesarium e^t ad eetemam salutem, ut incama- tfonem quoqne Domini noetri Jesn Clirlsti fideliter credat. Ket ergo Mm recta, ut creda- moB, et oonfiteamur, quia Etaminiu noeter Jeans CluiB- tua, Dfd Filins, Dens et homo est. Dens est ex sulwtantia Patria ante secnla genitus ; et lumio est ex snlwtantia matris in 8»calo natus. Perfectus Deua, perfectus hcnno; ex ani- ma rationali et hnmana came enlwiatens. ^ualis Patri se- cundum DirinitatenL, minor Fatre secundum hnmanlta- tem. Qui licet Deus sit et ho- mo* n(m duo tamen, sed unne eetCliristus. Unusantemnon oonversione Dirinitatia in car- 1 nem, sed assumptione human- itatia in Denm. Unus omni- no, ncm confuaione sabstantiiB, sed unitate personso. Nam aicut anima rationalis et caro unus est homo, Ita Deua et ho- mo nnns est Christus. Qui paaus eat pio salute noetreu, deecendit ad Inferoe, tertia die reaurrexit a mortuis. Asccti- dlt ad coalo<s sedet ad dexter- am Dei Patria Omnipoteniis ; Inde yentnrua est Jndicare vi- T06 et mortnoe. Ad ct\)ns ad- ventnm omnes homines reenr- gere babrat cum corporlbu^ aois, et reddituri sunt de fsc- tis propriia rationem. Et qui bona egerunt ibnnt in vitam ntemam, qui vero mala in ig- nemsBteninm.