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On the second day, the Archbishop, after declaring- that the Sy- 

 nod should in all things be governed by the holy canons and o-euc- 

 ral councils, and especially the council of Trent, kneeled down be- 

 fore the altar, in his pontifical robes but without his mitre, and made 

 the following confession of faith, in his own name, as Metropolitan. 

 The same declaration and oath was afterwards exacted from the 

 Syrian Archdeacon and all the clergy both present and absent. 



After reciting the Nicene Creed, he thus proceeded — " 1 do firmlv 

 receive and embrace all Apostolical and ecclesiastical traditions, 

 and all the observances and constitutions of the said church ; I ad- 

 mit the Holy Scriptures in that sense wherein it has ever been, and 

 is still held by Mother Church, to whom it belongeth to judge of 

 the true sense and interpretation of the Holy Scriptures ; neither 

 will 1 either receive or interpret it but according to the unanimous 

 consent of the Fathers." 



I do confess likewise, that there are seven true and proper Sacra- 

 ments of the New Testament, instituted by Christ our Lord, which 

 are all necessary to the health of mankind, though not to every par- 

 ticular person ; they are, baptism, confirmation, the eucharist, order, 

 penance, matrimony, and extreme unction, which do ail confer 

 grace on those that receive them worthily; and of these seven Sa- 

 craments, that baptism, confirmation, and orders, are to be received 

 but once, neither can they be repeated without great sacrilege. 



I admit and receive all the customs, rites, and ceremonies, 

 received and approved of in the Roman Church, in the solemn 

 administration of the said seven Sacraments, and do also receive 

 and embrace all in general, and every thing in particular, that has 

 been defined and declared concerning original sin, and justifica- 

 tion, in the Holy Council of Trent. 



I do likewise confess, that in the mass there is offered to God 

 a true and proper sacrifice of pardon both for the quick and the 

 dead; and that in the most Holy Sacrament of the eucharist, 

 there is the true, real, and substantial body and blood, together 

 with the soul and divinity of our Lord Jesus Christ; and that the 

 whole substance of the bread is by consecration turned into the 

 body of Christ, and the whole substance of the wine into his 

 blood ; which conversion the Catholic church calls trausub- 

 stantiation ; moreover, I do confess, that under each ^:pccies Chiist 

 is entire, and the true sacrament is received. 



I do constantly hold and confess, that there is a Turc^atoiy, 

 and that the souls which are cleansing from their sins do rcceise 

 benefit from the prayers and devotions of the faithful. 



