Athanasian Creed (Worcester) n. 134

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134. Let facts be presented concerning the Council of Nice, who were present of the papal party; that unless the words "that He is perfect Man" had been accepted, the Pope could not have been acknowledged as His vicar. But these things also were not solely for the Pope. He would otherwise be acknowledged as God of heaven and God of earth, if he had taken upon himself the Divine, when nevertheless it is actually Divine to save men, to create them anew, to impart heaven to them, to lead them from infancy even to the last moments of life and afterward forever. But because they who protested also saw contradictions in the Council, therefore they admitted the things that follow [in the Creed], to which, however, few of the Protestants of the present day give any attention; wherefore they believe with the Papists that the Human is not Divine; hence [they place] the Divine above the Human, near to the Father.


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