The holly Ghost.
Confessing the Holy Ghost
The Master inquires about the scholar's belief in the Holy Ghost, and the scholar confesses Him as the third person of the Holy Trinity, equal with the Father and the Son.
Master. Now I'd gladly hear what you believe about the Holy Ghost. Scholar. I confess that he is the third person of the Holy Trinity; and since he is equal with the Father and the Son, and of the very same nature, he ought to be worshipped equally with them both.1
Read the original English
Master. Now wold I fain heare thy beliefe of the holy ghost.
Scholer. I confesse, him to be the thyrd person of the holy trinitie: Andsith be is equal with the father & the sonne, & of the verye same nature, that he ought egally to bee worshipped with thē bothe.
Notes
- 1 ↩Source reading "Andsith be is equal" treated as "And since he is equal" ("be" as a corruption of "he"; "Andsith" as fused "And sith").
John Ponet's Short Catechisme (1553) companion
Rule yourself daily, not just on retreat
Chosen Portion turns the mirror into a daily practice — a short reading and examining question each morning before you lead anyone.
Chosen Portion makes the mirror daily: the ruler-formation questions this collection preserves become a two-minute morning examination in the app.
- A daily formation reading drawn from centuries of counsel to those in authority
- One pointed examination question a day — two minutes, before the meetings start
- Track your practice over weeks and watch the examined life become a habit