FIRMLY I BELIEVE AND TRULY

[1]
Firmly I believe and truly
God is Three and God is One;
and I next acknowledge duly
manhood taken by the Son.

[2]
And I trust and hope most fully
in that manhood crucified;
and each thought and deed unruly
do to death, as he has died.

[3]
Simply to his grace and wholly
light and life and strength belong,
and I love supremely, solely,
him the holy, him the strong.

[4]
And I hold in veneration,
for the love of him alone,
holy church as his creation,
and her teachings as his own.

[5]
Adoration will be given,
with and through the angelic host,
to the God of earth and heaven,
Father, Son and Holy Ghost.