Today in the Latin Church (Trinity Sunday) is the particular day in which the Athanasian Creed is said liturgically in the office of Prime. This Creed is the third of the three great creeds of the Latin tradition. By the traditional attribution to the great St Athanasius, the Latin tradition testifies to this creed’s orthodoxy and antiquity. Scholars speculate that it dates to around the 5th century. Two things of note: the Filioque is clearly confessed, as well as the doctrine of Extra Ecclesia Nulla Salvus and eternal punishment for the damned.
Ant. Gloria tibi Trinitas aequalis, una Deitas, et ante omnia saecula, et nunc et in perpetuum.
Quicumque Ant. Gloria tibi Trinitas aequalis, una Deitas, et ante omnia saecula, et nunc et in perpetuum. |
Ant. Glory be to thee, O equal Trinity one Deity, from before all ages, so now and for evermore.
Quicumque Ant. Glory be to thee, O equal Trinity one Deity, from before all ages, so now and for evermore. |
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