John XV, 985-996

JOHN XV 985-996

ROMAN COUNCIL 993

(For the Canonization of St. Udalrich)

The Worship of the Saints¹

342. . . . By common agreement we have decreed that we should venerate the memory of that one, namely, St. Udalrich the bishop, with all pious affection and most faithful devotion, since we so venerated and worship the relics of the martyrs and confessors that Him whose martyrs and confessors they are, we may adore; we honor the servants that honor may redound to the Lord, who said: "Who receives you, receives me" [Matt. 10:40]; and thus we who do not have the pledge of our justice, by their prayers and merits may be helped jointly before the most clement God, because the salutary divine precepts both of the holy Canons and of the venerable Fathers effaciously taught that by the attentive study of all the churches, and by the effort of apostolic guidance, the documents accomplish a degree of usefulness and an integrity of strength; just as the memory of the already mentioned venerable Bishop Udalrich dedicated to divine worship exists and is always advantageous in most devoutly giving praise to God.

• Gregory V 996-999
• Sylvester II 999-1003
• John XVII 1003
• John XVIII 1004-1009
• Sergius IV 1009-1012
• Benedict VIII 1012-1024
• John XIX 1024-1032
• Benedict IX 1032-1044
• Sylvester III 1045
• Gregory VI 1045-1046
• Clement II 1046-1047
• Damasus II 1048

ST. LEO IX 1049-1054

Symbol of faith²

[From the epistle "Congratulamur vehementer" to Peter, Bishop of Antioch, April 13, 1053]

343. For I firmly believe that the Holy Trinity, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, is one omnipotent God, and in the Trinity the whole