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It is conceivable that, had Luther not revolted from the Church, the Nicene might still have been the most explicit of the creeds, with belief and practice as they are to-day. The clause above-mentioned as now included in the Nicene Creed is a case in which the Church pointed out in what direction the truth lay. Similarly, the words in the second article of the creed, " the only begotten Son of God, born of the Father before all ages. God of God, 1 See pp. 65, 66. IMPLICIT AND EXPLICIT BELIEFS 17 Light of Light, true God of true God, begotten not made, consubstantial to the Father " These words, which more definitely describe the nature of the Son of God, were implicitly contained in the Apostles' Creed, but explicitly also in the Nicene Creed. Again, it would be almost more stupid psychologically than historically to think that the articles inserted in the Tridentine profession of faith were new, in any ordinary sense, or that they (like the words of the Nicene Creed defining the nature of Christ) had not been long believed by the vast majority of all Christians. Once more, the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, which was defined in 1854, can with little difficulty be traced back to the early Fathers of the Church. No Catholic holds or is compelled to hold that the Fathers all believed this article of faith. The problem had not

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