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left without explanation are those which may be con- would not have contained them. For the explanation adequate definition of the chief heads of the Catholic ground of the reasonableness of faith ; and, thirdly, if appear strange that many of the articles of the creed are here left without any comment. This is due to a January 6, 1870. The same creed, slightly changed sidered common to believers, and the position of un- Council recited in the second session of the Council, believers has been approached from the fundamental which might reasonably seem to call for explanation find official explanations of every article and every Council of Trent and the Vatican Council. It may before Luther died. faith. The explanations which I have here added to EXPLANATIONS OF THE CREEDS 19 believed before the Reformation. 1 It was this creed bore upon the articles and their terms this little book which Pope Pius IX. and the fathers of the Vatican since the Vatican Council, is in use to-day. the different articles are drawn from the Acts of the 1 The Council of Trent held its first session just two month* I had collected every word of a General Council which fession of faith represents what all the Western Church This creed may, then, be taken as a fairly full and variety of reasons. Firstly, I have not been able to term in an article ; secondly, the articles which are

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