text: As a Catholic, I assent to the teachings of the popes (and of councils approved by the popes) that meet the criteria for infallible teachings.  
  
  An ecumenical council of the Church (Trent) taught this:
  
  "If any one saith, that the ceremonies, **vestments**, and outward signs, which the Catholic Church makes use of in the celebration of masses, are incentives to impiety, rather than offices of piety; let him be anathema."