The Book of Common Prayer Part 14

The Holy Ghost is of the Father, and of the Son: neither made, nor created, nor begotten, but proceeding.

So there is one Father, not three Fathers; one Son, not three Sons: one Holy Ghost, not three Holy Ghosts.

And in this Trinity none is afore, or after other: none is greater, or less than another;

But the whole three Persons are co-eternal together: and co-equal.

So that in all things, as is aforesaid: the Unity in Trinity, and the Trinity in Unity is to be wors.h.i.+pped.

He therefore that will be saved: must thus think of the Trinity.

Furthermore it is necessary to everlasting salvation: that he also believe rightly the Incarnation of our Lord Jesus Christ.

For the right Faith is that we believe and confess: that our Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of G.o.d, is G.o.d and Man;

G.o.d of the Substance of the Father, begotten before the worlds: and Man of the Substance of his Mother, born in the world;

Perfect G.o.d, and perfect Man: of a reasonable soul and human flesh subsisting;

Equal to the Father, as touching his G.o.dhead: and inferior to the Father, as touching his Manhood.

Who although he be G.o.d and Man: yet he is not two, but one Christ;

One, not by conversion of the G.o.dhead into flesh: but by taking of the Manhood into G.o.d;

One altogether, not by confusion of Substance: but by unity of Person.

For as the reasonable soul and flesh is one man: so G.o.d and Man is one Christ.

Who suffered for our salvation: descended into h.e.l.l, rose again the third day from the dead.

He ascended into heaven, he sitteth on the right hand of the Father, G.o.d Almighty: from whence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead.

At whose coming all men shall rise again with their bodies: and shall give account for their own works.

And they that have done good shall go into life everlasting: and they that have done evil into everlasting fire.

This is the Catholic Faith: which except a man believe faithfully he cannot be saved.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son: and to the Holy Ghost;

As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: world without end. Amen.

THE LITANY

_Here followeth the Litany, or General Supplication, to be sung or said after Morning Prayer, upon Sundays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, and at other times when it shall be commanded by the Ordinary_.

| _The Litany may be said on the days appointed for its use, either | after Morning Prayer, or before the Holy Communion, or at other | times; and its use may be dispensed with on Christmas-day, | Easter-day, and Whitsunday, with the sanction of the Bishop_.

| | _When the Litany is said before a celebration of Holy Communion | it shall be permissible to omit from the Litany the_ Lord's | Prayer _and all that is set down after it except the prayer | called_ A Prayer of St Chrysostom _and_ The grace of, &c.

| | _When the Litany is said at any other time it shall be | permissible to omit from it all that follows the_ Lord's | Prayer, _and to use one or more of the Occasional Prayers or | the_ Prayer of St Chrysostom, _with_ The grace of, &c.

O G.o.d the Father of heaven: have mercy upon us miserable sinners.

_G.o.d the Father of heaven: have mercy upon us miserable sinners_.

O G.o.d the Son, Redeemer of the world: have mercy upon us miserable sinners.

_G.o.d the Son, Redeemer of the world: have mercy upon us miserable sinners_.

O G.o.d the Holy Ghost, proceeding from the Father and the Son: have mercy upon us miserable sinners.

_G.o.d the Holy Ghost, proceeding from the Father and the Son: have mercy upon us miserable sinners_.

O holy, blessed, and glorious Trinity, three Persons and one G.o.d: have mercy upon us miserable sinners.

_ O holy, blessed, and glorious Trinity, three Persons and one G.o.d: have mercy upon us miserable sinners_.

Remember not, Lord, our offences, nor the offences of our forefathers; neither take thou vengeance of our sins: spare us, good Lord, spare thy people, whom thou hast redeemed with thy most precious blood, and be not angry with us for ever.

_Spare us, good Lord_.

From all evil and mischief; from sin, from the crafts and a.s.saults of the devil; from thy wrath, and from everlasting d.a.m.nation,

_Good Lord, deliver us_.

From all blindness of heart; from pride, vainglory, and hypocrisy; from envy, hatred, and malice, and all uncharitableness,

_Good Lord, deliver us_.

From fornication, and all other deadly sin; and from all the deceits of the world, the flesh, and the devil,

_Good Lord, deliver us_.

From lightning and tempest; from plague, pestilence, and famine; from battle and murder, and from sudden death,

_Good Lord, deliver us_.

From all sedition, privy conspiracy, and rebellion; from all false doctrine, heresy, and schism; from hardness of heart, and contempt of thy Word and Commandment,

_Good Lord, deliver us_.

By the mystery of thy holy Incarnation; by thy holy Nativity and Circ.u.mcision; by thy Baptism, Fasting, and Temptation,

_Good Lord, deliver us_.