Dost thou earnestly desire to be received into the communion of this Church, as into a true and sound part of Christ’s holy Catholic Church?
Answer. This I earnestly desire.
If the penitent come from the Church of Rome, this question is to follow:
Dost thou renounce all the errors and superstitions of the present Romish Church, so far as they are come to thy knowledge?
Answer. I do from my heart renounce them all.
If the penitent from the Church of Rome be in holy orders, let these further questions be asked:
Dost thou in particular renounce the twelve last articles added in the confession, commonly called “the Creed of Pope Pius IV.,” after having read them, and duly considered them?
Answer. I do upon mature deliberation reject them all, as grounded upon no warrant of Scripture, but rather repugnant to the word of God.
Dost thou acknowledge the supremacy of the kings and queens of this realm, as by law established, and declared in the thirty-seventh article of religion?
Answer. I do sincerely acknowledge it.