Section 525
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COUNCIL OF NICE. 43 faith in the great Council convened at Nice, as common fair usually outruns an accurate report of facts. But as a rumor ol this kind may have represented things differently from what they actually were, we have thought it necessary to send you, first, the form of faith proposed by us, and afterwards that which was set forth by the bishops, who made some additions to ours Our own form, then, which was read in the presence of the emperor, and appeared to be right and proper, is expressed in these terms As we have received from the bishops who preceded us,— as we have been taught in the rudirnental instructions of our childhood, and when we were subjects of the baptismal rite, and as we have learnt from the divine scriptures ; as we have believed and taught, both in the order of presbyter, and the^piscopal dignity itself, and as we now believe, we present to yod our profession of faith. And it is this. We believe in one God, the Father Almighty, Maker of all things, visible and invisible; and in one Lord Jesus Christ, the Word of God, God of God, light of light, life of life, the only begotten Son, the first born of every creature, begotten of the Fa ther before all ages, by whom all things were made ; who for our salvation was made flesh and conversed among men ; who suf fered, and rose again the third day, and ascended to the Father, and will come again with glory to judge the living and the dead. We also believe in one Holy Spirit ; believing every one of these to be and subsist, the Father truly the Father, the Son truly the Son, and the Holy Spirit truly the Holy Spirit ; as our Lord, when he sent his disciples to preach, said, " Go, and teach all na tions, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost." We solemnly affirm that WTC thus hold and thus think, and have so held formerly, and will hold even unto death, and will always continue in this faith, anathematiz ing every impious heresy. We testify before Almighty God and our Lord Jesus Christ, that we have believed this sincerely, and from the heart, from the time that we were capable of knowing ourselves, and now also truly think and speak, being prepared to show by sufficient proofs, and to convince your minds, that we have so believed in times past, and have preached accordingly. Having made this representation of our faith, there was no pre