Exposition of the Canons, Fifth Head of Doctrine, Of the Perseverance of the Saints: Rejection of Errors, Article 9

Article 9. Who teach: That Christ has in no place prayed that believers should infallibly continue in faith. Article 9. Who teach: That Christ has in no place prayed that believers should infallibly continue in faith. For they contradict Christ himself, who says: "I have prayed for thee (Simon), that thy faith fail not,"Luke 22:32; and the Evangelist John, who declares, that Christ has not prayed for the Apostles only, but also for those who through their word would believe: "Holy Father, keep...