Profession

Dictionary of Biblical Words:

Christian profession may be true or false. The latter class is by far the most common, and forms what is called Christendom. These people have been “christened,” and received a Christian name, been brought up as nominal Christians, and later on have adopted as a matter of course, the Christian profession for themselves, without from first to last ever having felt their state as lost sinners, or known anything of the saving power of the work of Christ.

Concise Bible Dictionary:

See CONFESSION.