THE CREED OF THE COUNCIL OF TOLEDO OF THE YEAR 400
The rule of the Catholic faith against all heresies [(Here) begin the rules ,of the Catholic faith against all heresies, and especially indeed against the Priscillianists, which the bishops of Tarraco, Carthage, Lusitania, and Baetica have composed and with a command of Pope Leo of the City transmitted to Balconius, bishop of Gallicia. .. .. .. ].We believe in one true God, Father, and Son and Holy Ghost, maker of the visible and the invisible, by whom were created all things in heaven and on earth. This God alone and this Trinity alone is of divine name [divine substance]. The Father is not [himself] the Son, but has the Son, who is not the Father. The Son is not the Father, but the Son is of God by nature [is of the Father's nature]. The Spirit is also the Paraclete, who is himself neither the Father, nor the Son, but proceeds from the Father [proceeding from the Father and the Son]. Therefore the Father is unbegotten, the Son is begotten, the Paraclete is not begotten, but proceeding from the Father [and the Son]. The Father is he whose words were heard from the heavens: This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased, hear ye him. [Matt. 17:5; 2 Peter 1:17. Cf- Matt. 3:17]. The Son is he who says: I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world [cf. John 16:28]. The Paraclete himself [the Spirit] is he, concerning whom the Son says: Unless I go to the Father, the Paraclete will not come to you [John 16:17]. This Trinity, though distinct in persons, is one substance [united], virtue, power, majesty [in virtue and in power and in majesty] indivisible, not different. [We believe] there is no divine nature except that [this], either of angel or of spirit or of any virtue, which is believed to be God.Therefore this Son of God, God, born of the Father entirely before every beginning, has sanctified in the womb [the womb] of the Blessed Mary Virgin, and from her has assumed true man, human nature having been begotten without the [virile] seed of man; [of not more or not less than two natures, namely, of God and of flesh, meeting completely in one person], that is, [our] Lord Jesus Christ. Not [And not] an imaginary body or one constituted of form alone [in place of this: or that it belong to some phantasm in him]; but a firm [and true] one. And this man hungered and thirsted and grieved and wept and felt all the pains of a body [in place of this: suffered all the injuries of a body]. Finally he was crucified [by the Jews], died and was buried, [and] on the third day he arose again; afterwards he conversed with [his] disciples; the fortieth day [ after the resurrection ] he ascended to the heavens [ heaven ]. This son of man is called [named] also the Son of God; but the Son of God, God, is not (likewise) called the Son of man [calls the Son of man (thus)]. We believe that there [will] assuredly [be] a resurrection of the human flesh [for the body]. However, the soul of man is not a divine substance, or a part of God, but a creature [we say] which did not fall by the divine will [created].1. If therefore [however] anyone says and [or] believes, that this world and all its furnishings were not made by God almighty, let him be anathema.2. If anyone says and [or] believes, that God the Father is the same person as the Son or the Paraclete, let him be anathema.3. If anyone says and [or] believes that God the Son [of God] is the same person as the Father or the Paraclete, let him be anathema.4. If anyone says and [or] believes that the Paraclete the Spirit is either the Father or the Son, let him be anathema.5. If anyone say and [or] believes that the man Jesus Christ was not assumed by the Son of God [in place of this: that a body only without a soul was assumed by the Son of God], let him be anathema.6. If anyone says and [or] believes, that the Son of God, as God, suffered [in place of this: that Christ cannot be born], let him be anathema.7. If anyone says and [or] believes that the man Jesus Christ was a man incapable of suffering [in place of this: the divine nature of Christ was changeable or capable of suffering], let him be anathema.8. If anyone says and [or] believes, that there is one God of the old Law, another of the Gospels, let him be anathema.9. If anyone says and [or] believes, that the world was made by another God than [and not] by him, concerning whom it is written: In the beginning God created heaven and earth [cf. Gen. I, I], let him be anathema.10. If anyone says and [or] believes that the human bodies will not rise again [do not rise] after death, let him be anathema.11. If anyone says and for] believes that the human soul is a part of God or is God's substance, let him be anathema.12. If anyone either believes that any scriptures, except those which the Catholic Church has received, ought to be held in authority or venerates them [If anyone says or believes other scriptures, besides those which the Catholic Church receives, ought to be held in authority or ought to be venerated], let him be anathema.[13. If anyone says or believes that there is in Christ one nature of the Godhead of humanity, let him be anathema.][14. If anyone says or believes that there is anything that can extend itself beyond the divine Trinity, let him be anathema.][15. If anyone holds that astrology and the interpretation of stars (sic) ought to be believed, let him be anathema.][16. If anyone says or believes, that the marriages of men, which are considered licit according to divine law, are accursed, let him be anathema.][17. If anyone says or believes that the flesh of birds or of animals, which has been given for food, not only ought to be abstained from for the chastising of the body, but ought to be abhorred, let him be anathema.][18. If anyone follows the sect of Priscillian in these errors or publicly professes it) so that he makes a change in the saving act of baptism contrary to the chair of Holy Peter, let him be anathema.]Disclaimer: Linking of a site does not imply endorsement ofhte view of the site, but merely offers it as a resource the webmaster beleives to be accurate. 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