Famous profession of faith, drawn up after the Council of Trent by Pope Pius IV, whose public recital has since always been required of aspirants before their promotion to ecclesiastical offices. It embraces
The profession ends with a summary acceptance of all that the Church teaches and the council had defined as well as the rejection of all doctrines and practises not in conformity with the Church.
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