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 on earth  by  Jesus  Christ,  to  which  I  submit  myself  with my whole  heart. I believe  all  the  articles  that  she  proposes to  my  belief,  and  I  reject  and  condemn  all  that  she rejects and  condemns,  and  I  am  ready  to  observe  all  that she commands  me. And especially,  I  profess  that  I believe:

One only  God  in  three  divine  Persons,  distinct  from, and equal  to,  each  other — that  is  to  say,  the  Father,  the Son, and  the  Holy  Ghost:

The Catholic  doctrine  of  the  Incarnation,  Passion, Death, and  Resurrection  of  Our  Lord  Jesus  Christ:  and the personal  union  of  the  two  natures,  the  divine  and  the human; the  divine  maternity  of  the  most  holy  Mary,  together with  her  most  spotless  virginity;

The true,  real,  and  substantial  presence  of  the  body and blood,  together  with  the  soul  and  divinity  of  Our Lord Jesus  Christ,  in  the  Most  Holy  Sacrament  of  the Eucharist;

The seven  sacraments  instituted  by  Jesus  Christ  for the salvation  of  mankind;  that  is  to  say,  Baptism,  Confirmation, Eucharist,  Penance,  Extreme  Unction,  Order, Matrimony;

Purgatory, the  resurrection  of  the  dead,  everlasting  life;

The Primacy,  not  only  of  honor,  but  also  of  jurisdiction of  the  Roman  Pontiff,  successor  of  St.  Peter,  Prince of the  Apostles,  Vicar  of  Jesus  Christ;

The veneration  of  the  saints,  and  of  their  images;

The authority  of  the  apostolic  and  ecclesiastical  traditions, and  of  the  Holy  Scriptures,  which  we  must  interpret, and  understand  only  in  the  sense  which  our  holy Mother the  Catholic  Church  has  held,  and  does  hold;

And everything  else  that  has  been  defined,  and  declared by the  sacred  Canons,  and  by  the  General  Councils,  and