T

Decree II.

Hat this Synod may in all things Govern it felf according to the Directions of the Holy Canons, and tread in the Footsteps of the Holy General Councils, and particularly of the Holy Council of Trent, upon the knowledge it has of the Neceffities of this Church, and of the diverfity of Opinions that have been hitherto therein concerning Matters of our Holy Catholick Faith, and of the Errors contrary thereunto, which have been fowed in this Diocess by Hereticks and Schifmaticks: it doth command all Perfons Ecclefiafticks and Seculars, called hither, either in their own Name,or in the Name of others,Ecclefiafticks or Laicks, of this Bishoprick, to make Profeffion and Oath of the following Faith, in the hands of the most Illuftrious Metropolitan, Prefident of this Synod: And for the more effectual execution of this Decree, and to provoke others by his own Example, the most Illuftrious Metropolitan having robed himself in his Pontificals, but without his Mitre, kneeling down before the Altar, and having laid his hands upon a Cross that was upon a Book of the Gospels, did in his own Namie, as the prefent Prelate and Metropolitan of the Diocefs, and in the Name of all the Chriftians belonging to the fame, and every Perfon thereof, Secular and Ecclefiaftick, make Profeffion and Oath of the Faith following, which was immediately declared to all that were prefent.

The

The Profeffion and Oath of the Faith.

N the Name of the moft Holy and undivided

Trinity, the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, one only true God, in the Year of our Lord, 1599, in the Seventh Year of the Pontificate of our most Holy Lord Clement VIII. Bishop of Rome, in the Town of Diamper, in the Kingdom of Malabar, in the East-Indies, in the Church of All-Saints, on the 21st. of June, in a Diocefan Synod of the Bishoprick of Serra, Affembled by the most Illu strious and Reverend Lord Dom Frey Aleixo de Menezes, Arch-Bishop Metropolitan of Goa, and the Oriental Parts, and the See being vacant, of the faid Bishoprick;"

I N. do of my own free Will, without any manner of force and constraint, for the Salvation of my Soul, believing it in my heart, proteft, that with a firm Faith I do believe, and confefs, all and every one of the Articles contained in the Symbol of Faith which is used in Holy Mother Roman Church.

I believe in one God the Father Almighty, Maker of Heaven and Earth, and of all things visible and invifible:

And in one Lord Jesus Chrift, the only begotten Son of God, begotten of his Father before all Worlds 5 God of God, Light of Light, very God of very God, begotten, not made, being of one fubftance with the Father, by whom all things were made: Who for

TH

Decree II.

Hat this Synod may in all things Govern it felf according to the Directions of the Holy Canons, and tread in the Footsteps of the Holy General Councils, and particularly of the Holy Council of Trent, upon the knowledge it has of the Neceffities of this Church, and of the diverfity of Opinions that have been hitherto therein concerning Matters of our Holy Catholick Faith, and of the Errors contrary thereunto, which have been fowed in this Diocess by Hereticks and Schifmaticks: it doth command all Perfons Ecclefiafticks and Seculars, called hither, either in their own Name,or in the Name of others, Ecclefiafticks or Laicks, of this Bishoprick, to make Profeffion and Oath of the following Faith, in the hands of the most Illuftrious Metropolitan, Prefident of this Synod: And for the more effectual execution of this Decree, and to provoke others by his own Example, the most Illuftrious Metropolitan having robed himself in his Pontificals, but without his Mitre, kneeling down before the Altar, and having laid his hands upon a Cross that was upon a Book of the Gospels, did in his own Namie, as the prefent Prelate and Metropolitan of the Diocefs, and in the Name of all the Chriftians belonging to the fame, and every Perfon thereof, Secular and Ecclefiaftick, make Profeffion and Oath of the Faith following, which was immediately declared to all that were prefent.

The

F

The Profeffion and Oath of the Faith.

N the Name of the moft Holy and undivided Trinity, the Father, Son, and Holy Ghoft, one only true God, in the Year of our Lord, 1599, in the Seventh Year of the Pontificate of our most Holy Lord Clement VIII. Bishop of Rome, in the Town of Diamper, in the Kingdom of Malabar, in the East-Indies, in the Church of All-Saints, on the 21st of June, in a Diocefan Synod of the Bishoprick of Serra, Affembled by the most Illu strious and Reverend Lord Dom Frey Aleixo de Menezes, Arch-Bishop Metropolitan of Goa, and the Oriental Parts, and the See being vacant, of the faid Bishoprick;

I N. do of my own free Will, without any manner of force and conftraint, for the Salvation of my Soul, believing it in my heart, proteft, that with a firm Faith I do believe, and confefs, all and every one of the Articles contained in the Symbol of Faith which is ufed in Holy Mother Roman Church.

I believe in one God the Father Almighty, Maker of Heaven and Earth, and of all things visible and invifible:

And in one Lord Jesus Chrift, the only begotten Son of God, begotten of his Father before all Worlds; God of God, Light of Light, very God of very God, begotten, not made, being of one fubftance with the Father, by whom all things were made: Who for

us

us Men, and for our Salvation, came down from Heaven, and was Incarnate by the Holy Ghost of the Virgin Mary, and was made Man, and was Crucified alfo for us under Pontius Pilate; He Suffered and was buried, and the third day he rofe again according to the Scriptures, and afcended into Heaven, and fitteth on the right hand of the Father, and he shall come again with Glory to Judge both the Quick and the Dead: whofe Kingdom fhall have no end.

And I believe in the Holy Ghoft, the Lord and giver of Life, who proceedeth from the Father, and the Son, who with the Father and the Son together is worshipped and glorified, who spake by the Prophets. And I believe one Catholick and Apoftolick Church; I acknowledge one Baptifm, for the remissi on of Sins; and I look for the Refurrection of the Dead; and the Life of the World to come.

I do firmly receive and embrace all Apoftolical and Ecclefiaftical Traditions, and all the Obfervances and Constitutions of the faid Church; I admit the Holy Scriptures in that fence wherein it has ever been, and is ftill held by Mother Church, to whom it belongeth to judge of the true Sence and Interpretation of the Holy Scriptures; neither will I either receive or interpret it but according to the unanimous consent of the Fathers.

I do confefs likewise, that there are Seven true and proper Sacraments of the New Testament, instituted by Christ our Lord, which are all necef

fary