day the words " and the (Ecumenical Vatican Council " may think, for defining the dogma of Papal Infalli- is to be noted here as clearly pointing out the supreme have drawn the explanations of Catholic belief which or " the Trent Profession of Faith." One article of this authority which the explanations of the General Council all other things which the Sacred Canons and General In the form of the Creed of Pope Pius IV. in use to- bility, but for traversing the much more pressing ques- tion of the reasonableness of faith, and the faithfulness when I have said this I have explained why it seems Pius IV. in what is now called " the Creed of Pius IV.," one might to-day desire. are here appended to the articles they expound ; and From the proceedings of these two Councils, then, I Councils, and particularly the holy Council of Trent, have delivered, defined, and declared." This article WITNESS OF THE GENERAL COUNCILS 13 creed runs : " I likewise undoubtingly receive and profess in 1870, is really notable, not as the careless observer of reason. Council of Trent." The Vatican Council, which met have. unnecessary to add any words of my own even where Here is the ultimate touchstone of Catholicism. It is the points have not always been elaborated so much as occur after the words " and particularly the holy