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St. Siricius, 384-398

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of whose kingdom there shall be no end. And in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father, who together with the Father and Son is worshipped and glorified, who spoke through the prophets. In one holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church. We confess one baptism for the remission of sins. We look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of eternity to come. Amen.

[according to the Scriptures. And] ascended into heaven, sits at the right hand of the Father, [and] will come again with glory to judge the living and the dead; of whose kingdom there shall not be an end. And in the Holy Spirit, the Lord and giver of life, proceeding from the Father, [who proceeds from the Father and the Son,1 who] to be adored with the Father and the Son [is adored together with] and to be glorified together with (them) [and is glorified together with], who spoke through the holy Prophets [by the Prophets]. And in one holy Catholic and apostolic Church. We confess [I confess] one baptism for the remission of sins. We expect [And I expect] the resurrection of the dead, and the life of a future age [to come]. Amen.

ST. SIRICIUS 384-398

The Primacy of the Roman Pontiff2

[From the epistle (1) "Directa ad decessorem" to Himerius, Bishop of Terracina, Feb. 10, 385]

87. . . . To your inquiry we do not deny a legal reply, because we, upon whom greater zeal for the Christian religion is incumbent than upon

  1. The addition "and the Son" was first made in Spain. From here this custom passed over into Gaul, then into Germany, as is clear from the Gallican liturgy of Moneius at the beginning of the fifth century, from the Synod of the Forum Julii 791, of Frankfurt 794, of Aquisgranum (Aachen), 809, which asked Leo III that it be reaccepted by the Roman Church. This, however, Leo refused, not because he rejected the dogma, but because he feared to add anything to the traditional form [cf. n. 125, 148, 159]. Afterwards, indeed, when St. Henry obtained from Benedict VIII his request that the creed be sung among the ceremonies of the Masses, the addition was accepted. This finally was admitted simultaneously by the Latins and the Greeks in the ecumenical Synods of Lyons II [n. 460] and of Florence [n. 691]. ↩

  2. Cst 624; Jf 255 c. Add.; ML 13, 1132 C; Msi III 655 D; Hrd I 847 C. ↩