The following text is from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops website under the heading What we believe.
"Our profession of faith begins with God, for God is the First and the Last, the beginning and the end of everything. The Credo begins with God the Father, for the Father is the first divine person of the Most Holy Trinity; our Creed begins with the creation of heaven and earth, for creation is the beginning and the foundation of all God's works."
---the Catechism of the Catholic Church, no. 198
Catholic belief is succinctly expressed in the profession of faith or credo called the Nicene Creed:
The Nicene Creed
I believe in one God,
the Father almighty,maker of heaven and earth,
of all things visible and invisible.
the Father almighty,maker of heaven and earth,
of all things visible and invisible.
I believe in one Lord Jesus Christ,
the Only Begotten Son of God,
born of the Father before all ages.
God from God, Light from Light,
true God from true God,
begotten, not made, consubstantial with the Father;
through him all things were made.
For us men and for our salvation
he came down from heaven,
and by the Holy Spirit was incarnate of the Virgin Mary,
and became man.
For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate,
he suffered death and was buried,
and rose again on the third day
in accordance with the Scriptures.
He ascended into heaven
and is seated at the right hand of the Father.
He will come again in glory
to judge the living and the dead
and his kingdom will have no end.
the Only Begotten Son of God,
born of the Father before all ages.
God from God, Light from Light,
true God from true God,
begotten, not made, consubstantial with the Father;
through him all things were made.
For us men and for our salvation
he came down from heaven,
and by the Holy Spirit was incarnate of the Virgin Mary,
and became man.
For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate,
he suffered death and was buried,
and rose again on the third day
in accordance with the Scriptures.
He ascended into heaven
and is seated at the right hand of the Father.
He will come again in glory
to judge the living and the dead
and his kingdom will have no end.
I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life,
who proceeds from the Father and the Son,
who with the Father and the Son is adored and glorified,
who has spoken through the prophets.
who proceeds from the Father and the Son,
who with the Father and the Son is adored and glorified,
who has spoken through the prophets.
I believe in one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church.(USCCB means : outside of the one, holy, apostolic Church there is known salvation.For example those saved in explicit for us baptism of desire do not need Sacramental Baptism.Similarly those persons visible for us who are saved with 'seeds of the Word'(AG 11) do not need to enter the Church.Other exceptions to extra ecclesiam nulla salus are those saved in imperfect communion with the Church (UR 3) and who can be named in 2014 etc) I confess one Baptism for the forgiveness of sins ( I theoretically confess one known baptism for the forgiveness of sin.Defacto, in reality I mean there are three or more known(physically visible) baptisms.They are the baptisms of water, desire,blood , saved with a ray of the Truth (NA 2), seeds of the Word (AG 11) etc.So formal membership in the Catholic Church is not necessary for salvation is what the USCCB believes.The USCCB infers that the baptism of desire etc are physically visible since it is assumed that these cases are explicit exceptions to extra ecclesiam nulla salus.They would have to be physically visible to be exceptions to the dogma on exclusive salvation in the Catholic Church.This was implied in the doctrinal Notification on Fr.Peter C.Phan.) and I look forward to the resurrection of the dead
and the life of the world to come. Amen.
and the life of the world to come. Amen.
-Lionel Andrades
July 11, 2014
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