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 ecclesiastical Traditions,  and  all  other  constitution and observances  of  the  same  Church.

I also  admit  the  sacred  Scriptures,  according  to  the sense in  which  our  Holy  Mother,  the  Church,  has held, and  does  hold  them,  to  whom  it  belongs  to judge  of  the  true  sense  and  interpretation  of  the  holy Scriptures; nor  will  I  ever  take  and  interpret  them otherwise than  according  to  the  unanimous  consent of the  Fathers.

I profess  also,  that  there  are  truly  and  property seven Sacraments  of  the  new  law,  instituted  by  Jesus Christ our  Lord,  for  the  salvation  of  mankind,  though not all  necessary  for  every  one:  viz. Baptism, Confirmation,  Eucharist,  Penance,  Extreme  Unction, Holy Order  and  Matrimony;  and  that  they  confer grace: and  that  of  these,  Baptism,  Confirmation,  and Holy Order,  cannot  be  reiterated  without  sacrilege. I also receive  and  admit  the  Ceremonies,  which  the  Catholic Church  admits  and  approves  of,  in  the  solemn administration of  all  the  above— said  sacraments.

I receive  and  embrace  all  and  every  one  of  the things, which  have  been  defined  and  declared  in  the holy council  of  Trent,  concerning  original  sin  and justification.

I profess  likewise,  that  in  the  Mass  is  offered  to God  a  true,  proper  and  propitiatory  sacrifice  for  the living and  the  dead:  and  that  in  the  most  holy  sacrament  of  the  Eucharist  there  is  truly,  really  and  substantially present,  the  body  and  blood,  together  with  the soul and  divinity  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ;  and  that there is  made  a  conversion  of  the  whole  substance  of the  bread  into  the  body,  and  of  the  whole  substance of the  wine  into  the  blood;  which  conversion  the Catholic Church  calls  Transubstantiation.

I confess  also  that,  under  each  kind,  Christ  is whole  and  entire,  and  a  true  sacrament  is  received.

I constantly  hold  that  there  is  a  Purgatory,  and  that the souls  therein  detained  are  helped  by  the  suffrages