Creeds
Apostles' Creed
"I believe in God, the Father Almighty, Creator of heaven
and earth; and in Jesus Christ, His only Son, Our Lord, Who
was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary
suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified; died, and was
buried. He descended into hell; the third day He arose again
from the dead; He ascended into heaven, sitteth at the right
hand of God, the Father Almighty; from thence He shall come
to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy
Ghost, the holy Catholic Church, the communion of saints,
the Forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and
the life everlasting. Amen."
Nicene
Creed
I believe in one God the Father Almighty, Make of heaven
and earth, and of all things visible and invisible. And I
believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of
God, born of the Father before all ages. God of God, Light
of Light, true God of true God; begotten, not made, of one
substance with the Father. By whom all things were made. Who
for us and for our salvation came down from heaven. And He
became flesh by the Holy Spirit of the Virgin Mary and was
made man. He was also crucified for us, suffered under
Pontius Pilate, and was buried. And on the third day He rose
again, according to the Scriptures. He ascended into heaven
and sits at the right hand of the Father. He will come again
in glory to judge the living and the dead. And of His
kingdom there will be no end. And I believe in the Holy
Spirit, the Lord and Giver of life, who proceeds from the
Father and the Son. Who together with the Father and the Son
is adored and glorified, and who spoke through the prophets.
And one holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church. I confess one
baptism for the forgiveness of sins. And I await the
resurrection of the dead. And the life of the world to come.
Amen.
Athanasian Creed
We believe and confess that our Lord Jesus Christ, the
Son of God, is at once both God and Man. He is God of the
substance of the Father, begotten before the worlds, and He
is man, of the substance of his Mother, born in the world;
perfect God; perfect man, of reasoning soul and human flesh
consisting; equal to the Father as touching His Godhead;
less than the Father as touching His manhood. Who, although
He be God and man, yet He is not two, but is one Christ;
one, however, not by change of Godhead into flesh but by
taking of manhood into God; one altogether, not by confusion
of substance, but by unity of person. For as reasoning soul
and flesh is one man, so God and man is one Christ; who
suffered for our salvation, descended to the world below,
rose again from the dead, ascended into heaven, and sat down
at the right hand of the Father to come from thence to judge
the quick and the dead. At whose coming all men shall rise
again with their bodies, and shall give account for their
own deeds. And they that have done good will go into life
eternal; they that have done evil into eternal fire.
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