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Pontifical Oath
United
Roman-Ruthenian Church
Document of the papal oath, in Slavonic and Latin, signed by His Holiness Radislav I of Rome-Ruthenia.
The document also bears
the papal bull in the form used by the Roman-Ruthenian Church and
State, with the obverse (on left) of St. Stephen and the reverse (on
right) as the Seal of the Fisherman. The pontifical rota (in purple
ink) is seen to the right of the signature.
This oath is signed by the Pope-Catholicos of Rome-Ruthenia upon election.
RUSSIAN:
Я, N., Божіею благодатію пресвитеръ, и тою же благодатію смиренно
избранный Епископъ Престола Рима-Руси, Князь Римлянъ, Великий Князь и
Царь Русскихъ, Государь Понтификово-Имперскаго Государства, обѣщаю
тебѣ, блаженный Петръ, Князь Апостоловъ, которому Творцомъ и Господомъ
нашимъ Іисусомъ Христомъ, Искупителемъ всѣхъ, дарована власть вязать и
рѣшить на небеси и на земли, Который рекъ: еже аще свяжеши на земли,
будетъ связано и на небеси, и еже аще разрѣшиши на земли, будетъ
разрѣшено и на небеси, — и въ твоей святой Церкви, управленіе коей нынѣ
чрезъ твое служеніе я принялъ; и блаженному Андрею Первозванному, и
блаженному Стефану Апостолу и Архидіакону, и блаженному Марку Апостолу
и Евангелисту, чью власть мы продолжаемъ.
Сію цѣлость истинной вѣры, которую Христосъ предалъ чрезъ тебя и чрезъ
твоихъ преемниковъ и учениковъ, и которая дошла даже до моего
недостойства, я обрѣлъ въ твоей святой Церкви; и обѣщаю хранить ея
всѣми силами моими, принося душу и кровь, и перенося тяготы временъ при
содѣйствующей твоей благодати.
Исповѣдую тайну Святыя и Нераздѣльныя Троицы, яже есть единъ Богъ; и
воплощеніе по плоти Единороднаго Сына Божія, Господа нашего Іисуса
Христа; и прочія догматы Церкви, якоже они опредѣлены на Вселенскихъ
Соборахъ, утверждены святѣйшими Понтификами Апостольскаго Престола и
преданы въ писаніяхъ святыхъ Отцевъ и Учителей Церкви. Тако же
исповѣдую сохранять все, еже относится къ твоей правдѣ и къ преданію
православныя вѣры, чрезъ тебя переданной.
Также обѣщаю до послѣдняго дне незыблемо сохранять святыя Вселенскія
Соборы — Никейскій, Константинопольскій, Ефесскій, первый Халкидонскій
и второй Константинопольскій, совершенный во времена благочестиваго
Императора Юстиніана, — вкупѣ же, въ равной чести и почитаніи, и святый
шестый Соборъ, созванный благочестивыя памяти Императоромъ
Константиномъ съ согласія моего предшественника Агафона Апостольскаго
Престола, ради сохраненія совершенной и полнѣйшей проповѣди истины; и
все, что они осудили, осуждаю устами и сердцемъ.
Съ величайшею твердостію утверждаю и обѣщаю соблюдать всѣ постановленія
предшественниковъ Понтификовъ Апостольскаго Престола, кои они учредили
и утвердили на соборахъ; хранить ихъ въ непрерывной силѣ, якоже они
опредѣлили; и кого они равною властью осудили или отвергли, того же и я
осуждаю тѣмъ же приговоромъ.
Ненарушимо сохраню дисциплину и обрядъ Церкви, якоже они переданы моими
святыми предшественниками и дошли до меня неприкосновенными; сохраню
ненарушимыя достоянія Церкви; не дерзну ни умалять, ни измѣнять, ни
вводить новшествъ въ преданіе, которое я обрѣлъ сохраненнымъ моими
досточтимыми предшественниками, но съ великимъ усердіемъ, яко истинный
ученикъ и преемникъ, сохраню и почту его всякимъ стараніемъ и дѣломъ.
Аще что-либо возникнетъ противное канонической дисциплинѣ, позабочусь
исправить сие; свято буду соблюдать священныя Каноны и уставы нашихъ
Понтификовъ, храня божественныя и небесныя повелѣнія, вѣдая, яко
долженъ дать отчетъ тебѣ за все, что исповѣдую, чье мѣсто занимаю по
божественному милосердію, при помощи, въ свою очередь, твоего
ходатайства.
Аще же дерзну что-либо сотворить противъ сихъ обѣщаній или попущу сему
быть, да будеши мнѣ милостивъ въ онъ страшный день Божественнаго суда.
Стремясь усердно соблюдать сіе въ сей тлѣнной жизни, молю же тебя
даровать мнѣ помощь твою, да обрящусь непороченъ предъ Судіею всего
человѣчества, Господомъ нашимъ Іисусомъ Христомъ, егда Онъ пріидетъ
страшно судити о вверенномъ; да поставитъ мя одесную Себе и сотворитъ
соучастникомъ твоихъ вѣрныхъ учениковъ и преемниковъ.
Сіе исповѣданіе, якоже изложено выше, я подписалъ собственною рукою и
принесъ тебѣ, блаженный Петръ, Апостолъ и Князь Апостоловъ, съ чистымъ
умомъ и благочестивою совѣстью, подъ тѣлесною клятвою.
Я, N., вышеименованный, недостойный пресвитеръ, Божіею благодатію
избранный Епископъ сей Православныя и Кафолическія Римско-Русской
Церкви и Князь Понтификово-Имперскаго Государства, сотворилъ сіе мое
исповѣданіе, какъ содержится выше, и тѣлесно поклялся въ немъ тебѣ,
блаженный Петръ, Князь Апостоловъ; такожде блаженному Андрею
Первозванному, и блаженному Стефану Апостолу и Архидіакону, и
блаженному Марку Апостолу и Евангелисту, принося его съ яснымъ умомъ и
совѣстью.
LATIN:
In nomine Domini Dei et Salvatoris nostri Iesu Christi.
Ego N., Dei gratia presbyter, et eadem Dei gratia electus humiliter
Episcopus Sedis Romae-Rutheniae, Princeps Romanorum, Magnus Dux et Rex
Russorum, Supremus Pontificii Imperialis Status, tibi promitto, beate
Petre, Apostolorum Princeps, cui a Creatore et Domino Iesu Christo,
Redemptore omnium, potestas ligandi atque solvendi in caelo et in terra
collata est, dicente: Quaecumque ligaveris super terram, erunt ligata
et in caelis; et quaecumque solveris super terram, erunt soluta et in
caelis, atque in sancta tua Ecclesia, quam hodie per officium tuum
gubernandam suscepi; et beato Andreae Primo-vocato, et beato Stephano
Apostolo et Archidiacono, et beato Marco Apostolo et Evangelista, quorum auctoritatem continuare profitemur.
Hanc integritatem verae fidei, quam Christus per te et per successores
ac discipulos tuos tradidit, et quae etiam ad me indignum pervenit, in
sancta tua Ecclesia invenio; eamque omni studio meo custodire promitto,
animam et sanguinem impendens, et tempora difficilia, tua auxiliante gratia, sustinebo.
Confiteor mysterium sanctae et individuae Trinitatis, quae una est
Deus; et incarnationem secundum carnem unigeniti Filii Dei, Domini
nostri Iesu Christi; ceteraque Ecclesiae dogmata, prout in Conciliis
universalibus definita sunt, et a sanctissimis Apostolicae Sedis
Pontificibus approbata, atque in scriptis sanctorum Patrum et Doctorum
Ecclesiae tradita; similiter omnia quae ad rectitudinem tuam et ad
orthodoxae fidei traditionem per te transmissam pertinent, conservare
profiteor.
Sancta quoque universalia Concilia, Nicaenum, Constantinopolitanum,
Ephesinum, Chalcedonense primum, et secundum Constantinopolitanum,
celebratum tempore piae memoriae Iustiniani Imperatoris, usque ad
ultimum diem inconcussa custodire promitto; simulque pari honore ac
veneratione sanctum sextum Concilium, a piae memoriae Imperatore
Constantino convocatum, Agathone Apostolico praedecessore meo
consentiente, ad servandam integram et plenissimam praedicationem
veritatis; et quae damnaverunt, ore et corde damnare profiteor.
Cuncta quoque decreta praedecessorum Apostolicae Sedis Pontificum, quae
in synodis statuerunt et approbaverunt, firmissime confirmare et
observare promitto; in perpetuo suo vigore servare, sicut ab eis
statutum est; et quoscumque pari auctoritate damnaverunt vel
reprobaverunt, simili sententia condemno.
Disciplinam et ritum Ecclesiae, sicut a sanctis praedecessoribus meis
tradita et intacta ad me pervenit, inviolabiliter custodiam; bona
Ecclesiae inviolata conservabo; nihil de traditione, quam a venerandis
praedecessoribus meis servatam inveni, minuere, mutare, aut
innovationem admittere praesumam; sed magno fervore, ut verus eorum
discipulus et successor, eam omni studio et opere servabo et venerabor.
Si quid autem contra canonicam disciplinam emerserit, corrigere curabo;
sacros Canones et statuta Pontificum nostrorum fideliter observabo,
divina et caelestia mandata custodiens; sciens me de omnibus quae
profiteor rationem tibi redditurum, cuius locum divina miseratione
gero, tua vicissim intercessione adiutus.
Quod si contra haec aliquid agere aut fieri permittere praesumpsero, tu
mihi in illo terribili divini iudicii die propitius sis. Dum haec in
hac corruptibili vita studiose custodire satago, te etiam deprecor ut
auxilium mihi impendas, quatenus irreprehensibilis ante iudicem omnium
hominum, Dominum nostrum Iesum Christum, apparere merear, cum venerit
terribiliter iudicare de commissis; ut me ad dexteram collocet, et
consortem faciat fidelium discipulorum atque successorum tuorum.
Hanc professionem, ut supra continetur, propria manu subscripsi, et
tibi, beate Petre, Apostolo et Apostolorum Principi, puro corde et
devota conscientia, corporali iuramento obtuli.
✠ Ego N., supra dictus, indignus presbyter, Dei gratia electus
Episcopus huius Orthodoxae et Catholicae Romanae-Ruthenianae Ecclesiae
et Princeps Pontificii Imperialis Status, hanc meam professionem, prout
superius continetur, tibi corporali iuramento feci, beate Petre
Apostolorum Princeps; necnon beato Andreae Primo-vocato, et beato
Stephano Apostolo et Archidiacono, et beato Marco Apostolo et
Evangelistae, mente pura et conscientia devota obtuli.
ENGLISH TRANSLATION:
I, N., by the grace of God
a presbyter, and by that same grace humbly elected Bishop of the See of
Rome-Ruthenia, Prince of the Romans, Grand Duke and King of the
Russians, Sovereign of the Pontifical Imperial State, promise to you,
blessed Peter, Prince of the Apostles, to whom the power of binding and
loosing in heaven and on earth was granted by the Creator and by the
Lord Jesus Christ, Redeemer of all, who said: Whatever you bind on
earth shall be bound also in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth
shall be loosed also in heaven, and in your holy Church, which today I
have undertaken to govern through your office; and to blessed Andrew
the First-Called, and to blessed Stephen the Apostle and Archdeacon,
and to blessed Mark the Apostle and Evangelist, whose authority we
continue.
This integrity of the true faith, which Christ handed down through you
and through your successors and disciples, and which has come even to
my unworthy self, I have found in your holy Church; and I promise to
guard it with all my effort, offering soul and blood, and enduring
difficult times with your assisting grace.
I confess the mystery of the holy and undivided Trinity, which is one
God; and the incarnation according to the flesh of the only-begotten
Son of God, our Lord Jesus Christ; and the other doctrines of the
Church, as they have been defined in the universal Councils, approved
by the most holy Pontiffs of the Apostolic See, and handed down in the
writings of the holy Fathers and Doctors of the Church. Likewise, I
profess to preserve all things that pertain to your righteousness and
to the tradition of orthodox faith transmitted through you.
I also promise to preserve unshaken until the last day the holy
universal Councils—of Nicaea, Constantinople, Ephesus, the first of
Chalcedon, and the second of Constantinople, celebrated in the time of
the Emperor Justinian of pious memory—together with, in equal honor and
veneration, the holy sixth Council, convened by the Emperor Constantine
of pious memory with the consent of my predecessor Agatho of the
Apostolic See, for the preservation of the complete and fullest
preaching of the truth; and whatever they condemned, I condemn with
mouth and heart.
I most firmly confirm and promise to observe all the decrees of the
predecessors of the Pontiffs of the Apostolic See, which they
established and approved in synods; to keep them in their perpetual
force as they decreed; and whomever they condemned or rejected by equal
authority, I condemn by the same sentence.
I will inviolably preserve the discipline and rite of the Church as it
has been handed down by my holy predecessors and has come to me
untouched; I will preserve the inviolable goods of the Church; I will
presume neither to diminish, nor to change, nor to introduce any
innovation into the tradition which I found preserved by my venerable
predecessors, but with great fervor, as a true disciple and successor,
I will preserve and venerate it with every effort and work.
If anything should arise contrary to canonical discipline, I will take
care to correct it; I will faithfully observe the sacred Canons and the
statutes of our Pontiffs, keeping the divine and heavenly commandments,
knowing that I must render an account to you for all that I profess,
whose place I hold by divine mercy, aided in turn by your intercession.
If I should presume to do anything contrary to these things or allow it
to be done, may you be merciful to me on that terrible day of divine
judgment. While I strive diligently to observe these things in this
corruptible life, I also beseech you to grant me your help, so that I
may be found blameless before the judge of all mankind, our Lord Jesus
Christ, when He comes to judge terribly concerning what has been
entrusted; that He may place me at His right hand and make me a
companion of your faithful disciples and successors.
This profession, as set forth above, I have signed with my own hand and
have offered to you, blessed Peter, Apostle and Prince of the Apostles,
with a pure mind and a devout conscience, under a corporal oath.
I, N., named above, an unworthy presbyter, by the grace of God elected
Bishop of this Orthodox and Catholic Roman-Ruthenian Church and Prince
of the Pontifical Imperial State, have made this my profession as
contained above, and have sworn it corporally to you, blessed Peter,
Prince of the Apostles; and also to blessed Andrew the First-Called,
and to blessed Stephen the Apostle and Archdeacon, and to blessed Mark
the Apostle and Evangelist, offering it with a clear mind and
conscience.
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