# The Confession of the Catholic Faith (the Tome of Damasus)

- Author: Anonymous
- Latin title: *Confessio fidei catholicae (Tomus Damasi)*
- Date: ca. 378–382 (traditionally 382) (disputed)
- Source: J.-P. Migne, ed., Patrologiae cursus completus, Series Latina, vol. 13 (Paris, 1845), Damasus, Epistola IV (Confessio fidei catholicae), cols. 358–364, reprinting P. Coustant, Epistolae Romanorum pontificum (Paris, 1721) (Latin text: Migne, PL 13 (1845), digitized by Open Greek and Latin (patrologia_latina-dev), University of Leipzig, CC BY-SA 4.0)

- Translation: Claude, from the original text, unless a passage says otherwise; each passage below gives the translator
- Editions and translations: Charles Pietri and Luce Pietri, eds., Prosopographie chrétienne du Bas-Empire (Rome: École française de Rome); Heinrich Denzinger and Peter Hünermann, eds., Enchiridion symbolorum, nos. 58–82
- Work page: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/council-rome-382-tomus/
- Passages: 25

## Preamble

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/council-rome-382-tomus/0/#p-0
- Source: PL 13:358b–358c
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17

Summary: Preface: the Roman council adds anathemas concerning the Holy Spirit, because some had begun to say that the Spirit was made through the Son.

### Latin text

Post concilium Nicaenum, quod in urbe Roma concilium congregatum est a catholicis episcopis, addiderunt de Spiritu sancto. Et quia postea is error inolevit, ut quidam ore sacrilego auderent dicere Spiritum Sanctum factum esse per Filium.

### English translation (Claude)

After the Council of Nicaea, the council assembled in the city of Rome by catholic bishops added this concerning the Holy Spirit. And because afterwards this error grew up, that certain people dared to say with sacrilegious mouth that the Holy Spirit was made through the Son, …

### Translation notes

- The "Tome of Damasus", a series of anathemas issued by a Roman synod under Pope Damasus (probably 382; the date is disputed, and some place the core of it earlier, ca. 377–380), printed in PL 13. Theodoret, Church History 5.11, gives a Greek version.
- The preface breaks off in the Latin as printed: the sentence beginning "And because …" has no main clause. The Greek version in Theodoret reads it as introducing the anathemas that follow.

### Citation (SBL)

Tom. Dam. pref. (PL 13:358b–358c; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/council-rome-382-tomus/0/#p-0).

## Anathema 1

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/council-rome-382-tomus/0/#p-1
- Source: PL 13:358c
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17

Summary: Anathema on those who do not confess the Holy Spirit to be of one power and substance with the Father and the Son.

### Latin text

Anathematizamus eos, qui non tota libertate proclamant, cum Patre et Filio unius potestatis esse atque substantiae.

### English translation (Claude)

We anathematize those who do not proclaim with full freedom that he is of one power and substance with the Father and the Son.

### Translation notes

- "He" is the Holy Spirit, named in the preface.

### Citation (SBL)

Tom. Dam. 1 (PL 13:358c; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/council-rome-382-tomus/0/#p-1).

## Anathema 2

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/council-rome-382-tomus/0/#p-2
- Source: PL 13:358c
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17

Summary: Anathema on the Sabellians, who identify the Father with the Son.

### Latin text

Anathematizamus quoque eos, qui Sabellii sequuntur errorem, eumdem dicentes patrem esse, quem Filium.

### English translation (Claude)

We anathematize also those who follow the error of Sabellius, saying that the Father is the same as the Son.

### Citation (SBL)

Tom. Dam. 2 (PL 13:358c; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/council-rome-382-tomus/0/#p-2).

## Anathema 3

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/council-rome-382-tomus/0/#p-3
- Source: PL 13:359a
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17

Summary: Anathema on Arius and Eunomius, who call the Son and the Spirit creatures.

### Latin text

Anathematizamus Arium, atque Eunomium, qui pari impietate, licet sermone dissimili Filium et Spiritum sanctum asserunt esse creaturas.

### English translation (Claude)

We anathematize Arius and Eunomius, who with equal impiety, though in different language, assert that the Son and the Holy Spirit are creatures.

### Citation (SBL)

Tom. Dam. 3 (PL 13:359a; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/council-rome-382-tomus/0/#p-3).

## Anathema 4

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/council-rome-382-tomus/0/#p-4
- Source: PL 13:359a
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17

Summary: Anathema on the Macedonians, who are Arians under another name.

### Latin text

Anathematizamus Macedonianos, qui de Arii stirpe venientes non perfidiam mutavere, sed nomen.

### English translation (Claude)

We anathematize the Macedonians, who, coming from the stock of Arius, have changed not their faithlessness but their name.

### Translation notes

- The Macedonians (Pneumatomachi) denied the full divinity of the Holy Spirit.

### Citation (SBL)

Tom. Dam. 4 (PL 13:359a; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/council-rome-382-tomus/0/#p-4).

## Anathema 5

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/council-rome-382-tomus/0/#p-5
- Source: PL 13:359a
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17

Summary: Anathema on Photinus, who holds that Christ exists only from Mary.

### Latin text

Anathematizamus Photinum, qui Hebionis haeresim instaurans, Dominum Jesum Christum tantum ex Maria confitetur.

### English translation (Claude)

We anathematize Photinus, who, renewing the heresy of Ebion, confesses the Lord Jesus Christ to be only from Mary.

### Translation notes

- Photinus of Sirmium held that the Son did not exist as a person before his birth from Mary; "Ebion" is the supposed founder of the Ebionites.

### Citation (SBL)

Tom. Dam. 5 (PL 13:359a; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/council-rome-382-tomus/0/#p-5).

## Anathema 6

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/council-rome-382-tomus/0/#p-6
- Source: PL 13:359a
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17

Summary: Anathema on those who teach two Sons, one eternal and one born of the Virgin.

### Latin text

Anathematizamus eos, qui duos Filios asserunt, unum ante saecula, et alterum post assumptionem carnis ex Virgine.

### English translation (Claude)

We anathematize those who assert two Sons, one before the ages and another after the assumption of flesh from the Virgin.

### Citation (SBL)

Tom. Dam. 6 (PL 13:359a; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/council-rome-382-tomus/0/#p-6).

## Anathema 7

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/council-rome-382-tomus/0/#p-7
- Source: PL 13:360a
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17

Summary: Anathema on those who say the Word took the place of a human rational soul in Christ (the Apollinarian view).

### Latin text

Anathematizamus eos, qui pro hominis anima rationali, et intelligibili, dicunt Dei Verbum in humana carne versatum, cum ipse Filius sit Verbum Dei, et non pro anima rationali, et intelligibili in suo corpore fuerit, sed nostram, id est intelligibilem sine peccato animam susceperit, atque salvaverit.

### English translation (Claude)

We anathematize those who say that the Word of God dwelt in human flesh in place of the rational and intelligent human soul; for the Son himself is the Word of God, and was not in his body in place of a rational and intelligent soul, but took up our soul, that is, an intelligent soul without sin, and saved it.

### Translation notes

- Directed against Apollinarius, who held that the divine Word took the place of the human mind in Christ.

### Citation (SBL)

Tom. Dam. 7 (PL 13:360a; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/council-rome-382-tomus/0/#p-7).

## Anathema 8

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/council-rome-382-tomus/0/#p-8
- Source: PL 13:360a
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17

Summary: Anathema on those who make the Word an expansion or contraction of the Father, without real substance and destined to end.

### Latin text

Anathematizamus eos, qui Verbum Filium Dei extensione, aut collectione, et a Patre separatum, insubstantivum, et finem habiturum esse contendunt.

### English translation (Claude)

We anathematize those who contend that the Word, the Son of God, is by extension or contraction, and separated from the Father, without substance, and destined to have an end.

### Translation notes

- Directed against the teaching ascribed to Marcellus of Ancyra and Photinus, that the Word is an extension of the Father and will be withdrawn into him at the end. "Insubstantivum": having no substance (existence) of his own.

### Citation (SBL)

Tom. Dam. 8 (PL 13:360a; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/council-rome-382-tomus/0/#p-8).

## Anathema 9

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/council-rome-382-tomus/0/#p-9
- Source: PL 13:360a–361a
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17

Summary: Bishops who move from one see to another are out of communion until they return; if a successor has been ordained, the deserter lacks priestly rank until that successor dies.

### Latin text

Eos quoque, qui de Ecclesiis ad Ecclesias migraverunt tamdiu a communione nostra habemus alienos, quamdiu ad eas civitates redierint, in quibus primum sunt constituti. Quod si alius alio transmigrante in locum viventis est ordinatus, tamdiu vacet sacerdotis dignitate, qui suam deseruit civitatem, quamdiu successor ejus quiescat in pace.

### English translation (Claude)

Those also who have moved from churches to churches we hold as strangers to our communion until they return to the cities in which they were first appointed. But if, when one has moved elsewhere, another has been ordained in the place of the living man, then the one who deserted his own city is to be without the dignity of the priesthood until his successor rests in peace.

### Translation notes

- "Priesthood" (sacerdotis dignitate): here the episcopal office.

### Citation (SBL)

Tom. Dam. 9 (PL 13:360a–361a; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/council-rome-382-tomus/0/#p-9).

## Anathema 10

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/council-rome-382-tomus/0/#p-10
- Source: PL 13:361a
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17

Summary: Anathema on whoever denies that the Son and the Spirit always exist.

### Latin text

Si quis non dixerit semper Filium et semper Spiritum sanctum esse, anathema sit.

### English translation (Claude)

If anyone does not say that the Son always is and the Holy Spirit always is, let him be anathema.

### Citation (SBL)

Tom. Dam. 10 (PL 13:361a; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/council-rome-382-tomus/0/#p-10).

## Anathema 11

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/council-rome-382-tomus/0/#p-11
- Source: PL 13:361a
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17

Summary: Anathema on whoever denies that the Son is born of the Father's divine substance.

### Latin text

Si quis non dixerit Filium natum de Patre, id est de divina substantia ipsius, anathema sit.

### English translation (Claude)

If anyone does not say that the Son was born of the Father, that is, of his divine substance, let him be anathema.

### Citation (SBL)

Tom. Dam. 11 (PL 13:361a; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/council-rome-382-tomus/0/#p-11).

## Anathema 12

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/council-rome-382-tomus/0/#p-12
- Source: PL 13:361a
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17

Summary: Anathema on whoever denies that the Son is God, almighty, all-knowing, and equal to the Father.

### Latin text

Si quis non dixerit Verbum Domini Filium Dei Deum, sicut Deum Patrem ejus, et omnia posse, et omnia nosse et Patri aequalem, anathema sit.

### English translation (Claude)

If anyone does not say that the Word of the Lord, the Son of God, is God, as God his Father is, and that he can do all things and knows all things and is equal to the Father, let him be anathema.

### Citation (SBL)

Tom. Dam. 12 (PL 13:361a; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/council-rome-382-tomus/0/#p-12).

## Anathema 13

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/council-rome-382-tomus/0/#p-13
- Source: PL 13:361a–362a
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17

Summary: Anathema on whoever denies that the incarnate Son was also in heaven with the Father.

### Latin text

Si quis dixerit, quod in carne constitutus filius Dei, cum esset in terra, in coelis cum Patre non erat, anathema sit.

### English translation (Claude)

If anyone says that the Son of God, when he was in the flesh and was on earth, was not in the heavens with the Father, let him be anathema.

### Scripture references

- John 3:13: echo, medium confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Tom. Dam. 13 (PL 13:361a–362a; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/council-rome-382-tomus/0/#p-13).

## Anathema 14

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/council-rome-382-tomus/0/#p-14
- Source: PL 13:362a
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17

Summary: Anathema on whoever says that the divinity of the Son, and not his flesh with its soul, suffered the pain of the cross.

### Latin text

Si quis dixerit quod in passione crucis dolorem sustinebat Filius Dei Deus, et non caro cum anima, qua induerat formam servi, quam sibi acceperat, sicut ait Scriptura, anathema sit.

### English translation (Claude)

If anyone says that in the passion of the cross it was God the Son of God who bore the pain, and not the flesh together with the soul, with which he had clothed the form of a servant that he had taken to himself, as Scripture says, let him be anathema.

### Scripture references

- Phil 2:7: allusion, high confidence

### Translation notes

- "The form of a servant … as Scripture says": Phil 2:7.
- The relative clause "qua induerat formam servi" is translated as printed; the Greek version in Theodoret speaks of the soul and flesh he had assumed in the form of a servant.
- The Greek version in Theodoret adds after this an anathema (on those who deny that the Word suffered and tasted death in the flesh) that is not in this Latin text.

### Citation (SBL)

Tom. Dam. 14 (PL 13:362a; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/council-rome-382-tomus/0/#p-14).

## Anathema 15

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/council-rome-382-tomus/0/#p-15
- Source: PL 13:362a
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17

Summary: Anathema on whoever denies that Christ sits at the Father's right hand in the flesh he assumed and will come in it to judge.

### Latin text

Si quis non dixerit quod in carne, quam assumpsit, sedet ad dexteram Patris, in qua venturus est judicare vivos et mortuos, anathema sit.

### English translation (Claude)

If anyone does not say that in the flesh which he assumed he sits at the right hand of the Father, in which he will come to judge the living and the dead, let him be anathema.

### Scripture references

- Mark 16:19: echo, medium confidence
- 2 Tim 4:1: allusion, medium confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Tom. Dam. 15 (PL 13:362a; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/council-rome-382-tomus/0/#p-15).

## Anathema 16

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/council-rome-382-tomus/0/#p-16
- Source: PL 13:362a
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17

Summary: Anathema on whoever denies that the Holy Spirit is truly from the Father and true God.

### Latin text

Si quis non dixerit Spiritum sanctum de Patre esse vere, ac proprie, sicut Filius de divina substantia, et Deum verum, anathema sit.

### English translation (Claude)

If anyone does not say that the Holy Spirit is truly and properly from the Father, as the Son is from the divine substance, and is true God, let him be anathema.

### Scripture references

- John 15:26: echo, medium confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Tom. Dam. 16 (PL 13:362a; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/council-rome-382-tomus/0/#p-16).

## Anathema 17

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/council-rome-382-tomus/0/#p-17
- Source: PL 13:362a–363a
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17

Summary: Anathema on whoever denies that the Spirit is almighty, all-knowing, and everywhere present.

### Latin text

Si quis non dixerit omnia posse Spiritum sanctum, omnia nosse, et ubique esse, sicut Filium et Patrem, anathema sit.

### English translation (Claude)

If anyone does not say that the Holy Spirit can do all things, knows all things, and is everywhere, as the Son and the Father, let him be anathema.

### Scripture references

- Ps 139:7 (138:7 LXX): echo, low confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Tom. Dam. 17 (PL 13:362a–363a; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/council-rome-382-tomus/0/#p-17).

## Anathema 18

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/council-rome-382-tomus/0/#p-18
- Source: PL 13:363a
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17

Summary: Anathema on whoever calls the Spirit a creature or made through the Son.

### Latin text

Si quis dixerit Spiritum sanctum facturam, aut per Filium factum, anathema sit.

### English translation (Claude)

If anyone says that the Holy Spirit is a thing made, or was made through the Son, let him be anathema.

### Citation (SBL)

Tom. Dam. 18 (PL 13:363a; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/council-rome-382-tomus/0/#p-18).

## Anathema 19

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/council-rome-382-tomus/0/#p-19
- Source: PL 13:363a
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17

Summary: Anathema on whoever denies that the Father made all things through the Son and the Spirit.

### Latin text

Si quis non dixerit omnia per Filium et Spiritum sanctum Patrem, fecisse, id est visibilia, invisibilia, anathema sit.

### English translation (Claude)

If anyone does not say that the Father made all things, that is, things visible and invisible, through the Son and the Holy Spirit, let him be anathema.

### Scripture references

- Col 1:16: allusion, medium confidence
- John 1:3: echo, medium confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Tom. Dam. 19 (PL 13:363a; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/council-rome-382-tomus/0/#p-19).

## Anathema 20

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/council-rome-382-tomus/0/#p-20
- Source: PL 13:363a
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17

Summary: Anathema on whoever denies the one divinity, power, glory, kingdom, and will of the three.

### Latin text

Si quis non dixerit Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus sancti unam divinitatem, potestatem, majestatem, potentiam, unam gloriam, dominationem, unum regnum, atque unam voluntatem et veritatem, anathema sit.

### English translation (Claude)

If anyone does not say that the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit have one divinity, power, majesty, might, one glory, lordship, one kingdom, and one will and truth, let him be anathema.

### Citation (SBL)

Tom. Dam. 20 (PL 13:363a; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/council-rome-382-tomus/0/#p-20).

## Anathema 21

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/council-rome-382-tomus/0/#p-21
- Source: PL 13:363a–363b
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17

Summary: Anathema on whoever denies three true and equal persons who together create, sustain, judge, and save.

### Latin text

Si quis tres personas non dixerit veras Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus sancti, aequales, semper viventes, omnia continentes visibilia, et invisibilia, omnia potentes, omnia judicantes, omnia vivificantes, omnia facientes, omnia quae sunt salvanda, salvantes, anathema sit.

### English translation (Claude)

If anyone does not say that there are three true persons, of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, equal, ever living, holding together all things visible and invisible, able to do all things, judging all things, giving life to all things, making all things, saving all things that are to be saved, let him be anathema.

### Citation (SBL)

Tom. Dam. 21 (PL 13:363a–363b; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/council-rome-382-tomus/0/#p-21).

## Anathema 22

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/council-rome-382-tomus/0/#p-22
- Source: PL 13:363b
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17

Summary: Anathema on whoever denies that the Spirit is to be worshipped by all creation like the Father and the Son.

### Latin text

Si quis non dixerit adorandum Spiritum sanctum ab omni creatura, sicut Filium, et Patrem, anathema sit.

### English translation (Claude)

If anyone does not say that the Holy Spirit is to be worshipped by every creature, as the Son and the Father, let him be anathema.

### Citation (SBL)

Tom. Dam. 22 (PL 13:363b; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/council-rome-382-tomus/0/#p-22).

## Anathema 23

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/council-rome-382-tomus/0/#p-23
- Source: PL 13:363b–364a
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17

Summary: Whoever is orthodox about the Father and Son but not about the Spirit is a heretic.

### Latin text

Si quis de Patre et Filio bene senserit, de Spiritu autem sancto non recte habuerit, haereticus est: quod omnes haeretici de Filio Dei, et Spiritu sancto male sentientes, in perfidia Judaeorum et Gentilium inveniuntur.

### English translation (Claude)

If anyone thinks rightly about the Father and the Son but does not hold rightly about the Holy Spirit, he is a heretic; for all heretics who think wrongly about the Son of God and the Holy Spirit are found in the faithlessness of the Jews and the Gentiles.

### Translation notes

- Translated as written; the comparison with Jews and Gentiles is the synod's own.

### Citation (SBL)

Tom. Dam. 23 (PL 13:363b–364a; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/council-rome-382-tomus/0/#p-23).

## Anathema 24

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/council-rome-382-tomus/0/#p-24
- Source: PL 13:364a–364b
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17

Summary: Anathema on whoever calls the three "gods" rather than one God, or calls the Father alone God; Christians are baptized into the one divinity of Father, Son, and Spirit.

### Latin text

Quod si quis patiatur, Deum Patrem dicens, et Deum Filium ejus, et Deum Spiritum sanctum, Deos dici, et non Deum propter unam divinitatem et potentiam, quam credimus esse, et scimus, Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus sancti: Deum, subtrahens autem Filium, aut Spiritum sanctum, ita solum existimet esse Deum Patrem, dici, aut credi unum Deum: anathema sit. Nomen namque deorum, et angelis, et sanctis omnibus a Deo est impositum, et donatum; de Patre autem, et Filio, et Spiritu sancto, propter unam aequalem divinitatem, non nomen deorum, sed Dei nobis ostenditur, atque indicatur: ut credamus, quia in Patre, et Filio, et Spiritu sancto solum baptizamur, et non in archangelorum nominibus, aut angelorum, quomodo Haeretici, aut Judaei, aut etiam Gentiles dementes faciunt. Haec ergo est salus Christianorum, ut credentes Trinitati, id est Patri, et Filio, et Spiritui sancto, in ea veram solamque unam divinitatem, et potentiam ac majestatem et substantiam eamdem sine dubio credamus, ut aeternam attingere mereamur ad vitam.

### English translation (Claude)

And if anyone, while saying God the Father and God his Son and God the Holy Spirit, allows them to be called gods, and not God, because of the one divinity and power which we believe and know to be of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit; or, taking away the Son or the Holy Spirit, thinks that only God the Father is to be called or believed the one God: let him be anathema. For the name of gods has been given and granted by God both to angels and to all the saints; but of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, because of their one and equal divinity, it is not the name of gods but of God that is shown and declared to us, so that we may believe that we are baptized only into the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, and not into the names of archangels or of angels, as heretics or Jews or even foolish Gentiles do. This, then, is the salvation of Christians: that, believing in the Trinity, that is, in the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, we believe without doubt that in it there is the true, only, and one divinity, and the same power, majesty, and substance, so that we may be found worthy to attain eternal life.

### Scripture references

- Ps 82:6 (81:6 LXX): allusion, medium confidence
- John 10:34: echo, low confidence
- Matt 28:19: allusion, high confidence

### Translation notes

- The first sentence is awkward in the Latin as printed ("… Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus sancti: Deum, subtrahens autem …"); it is translated by sense. The isolated "Deum" seems to be the remnant of a phrase (the Greek version in Theodoret has "one God" at this point) and is left untranslated. The last sentence of the Latin also differs from the Greek version, which speaks of being baptized into the one divinity.
- "The name of gods … to angels and to all the saints" recalls Ps 82:6 and John 10:34–35; baptism into the three names: Matt 28:19. The remark on Jews and Gentiles is translated as written.

### Citation (SBL)

Tom. Dam. 24 (PL 13:364a–364b; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/council-rome-382-tomus/0/#p-24).