Pope Pius IV., the Nicene Creed is called " the creed fewer of those which are not so fundamental. Not of the Creed of Pius IV., the creeds are not opposed to the benefit of non-Catholics. It is pre-eminently the therefore, one may legitimately condemn a practice, it which the holy Roman Church uses." This creed the existence of a definite revelation, " the deposit of One very obvious inference from this use of various THE CREEDS every priest says daily. The Athanasian Creed is only domestic measure used by Catholics themselves. While, forms part of the Mass, as the Apostles* Creed and the in the Apostles* Creed and later holds all the articles that he would be considered a Catholic who would Athanasian Creed do of the Canonical Prayers which not a statement or explanation drawn up especially for faith " l which they seek to enshrine and express. creeds is that, since it cannot be thought that a priest which the Catholic Church professes. In the Creed of one another, and that the shorter creeds must be taken to-day subscribe to the Apostles' Creed only. Catho- THE first thing then to discover is what is the creed is unjust to attribute this to the Church if its clear said on certain special occasions. All the creeds assume at one time of the day believes only what is contained and formal teaching does not sanction the practice. to enshrine explicitly the cardinal truths of faith and