Pius IV. in what is now called " the Creed of Pius IV.," or " the Trent Profession of Faith." One article of this creed runs : " I likewise undoubtingly receive and profess all other things which the Sacred Canons and General Councils, and particularly the holy Council of Trent, have delivered, defined, and declared." This article is to be noted here as clearly pointing out the supreme WITNESS OF THE GENERAL COUNCILS 13 authority which the explanations of the General Council have. In the form of the Creed of Pope Pius IV. in use to- day the words " and the (Ecumenical Vatican Council " occur after the words " and particularly the holy Council of Trent." The Vatican Council, which met in 1870, is really notable, not as the careless observer may think, for defining the dogma of Papal Infalli- bility, but for traversing the much more pressing ques- tion of the reasonableness of faith, and the faithfulness of reason. From the proceedings of these two Councils, then, I have drawn the explanations of Catholic belief which are here appended to the articles they expound ; and when I have said this I have explained why it seems unnecessary to add any words of my own even where the points have not always been elaborated so much as one might to-day desire. Here is the ultimate touchstone of Catholicism. It is