Nicene Creed
I believe in one God, the Father Almighty,
Maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible.
And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the
only-begotten Son of God, begotten of the Father before all worlds; God of
God, Light of Light, very God of very God; begotten, not made, being of
one substance with the Father, by whom all things were made.
Who, for us men for our salvation, came
down from heaven, and was incarnate by the Holy Spirit of the virgin Mary,
and was made man; and was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate; He
suffered and was buried; and the third day He rose again, according to the
Scriptures; and ascended into heaven, and sits on the right hand of the
Father; and He shall come again, with glory, to judge the quick and the
dead; whose kingdom shall have no end.
And I believe in the Holy Ghost, the Lord
and Giver of Life; who proceeds from the Father and the Son; who with the
Father and the Son together is worshipped and glorified; who spoke by the
prophets.
And I believe one holy catholic and
apostolic Church. I acknowledge one baptism for the remission of sins; and
I look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to
come. Amen.
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The Chalcedonian Creed
We, then, following the holy Fathers, all
with one consent, teach men to confess one and the same Son, our Lord
Jesus Christ, the same perfect in Godhead and also perfect in manhood;
truly God and truly man, of a reasonable [rational] soul and body;
consubstantial [co-essential] with the Father according to the Godhead,
and consubstantial with us according to the Manhood; in all things like
unto us, without sin; begotten before all ages of the Father according to
the Godhead, and in these latter days, for us and for our salvation, born
of the Virgin Mary, the Mother of God, according to the Manhood; one and
the same Christ, Son, Lord, only begotten, to be acknowledged in two
natures, inconfusedly, unchangeably, indivisibly, inseparably; the
distinction of natures being by no means taken away by the union, but
rather the property of each nature being preserved, and concurring in one
Person and one Subsistence, not parted or divided into two persons, but
one and the same Son, and only begotten, God the Word, the Lord Jesus
Christ; as the prophets from the beginning [have declared] concerning Him,
and the Lord Jesus Christ Himself has taught us, and the Creed of the holy
Fathers has handed down to us.
Apostles' Creed
1. I believe in God the Father, Almighty,
Maker of heaven and earth:
2. And in Jesus Christ, his only begotten
Son, our Lord:
3. Who was conceived by the Holy Ghost,
born of the Virgin Mary:
4. Suffered under Pontius Pilate; was
crucified, dead and buried: He descended into hell:
5. The third day he rose again from the
dead:
6. He ascended into heaven, and sits at
the right hand of God the Father Almighty:
7. From thence he shall come to judge the
quick and the dead:
8. I believe in the Holy Ghost:
9. I believe in the holy catholic church:
the communion of saints:
10. The forgiveness of sins:
1l. The resurrection of the body:
12. And the life everlasting. Amen.