The Nicene Creed, AD 381

Originally AD 325; revised at the First Council of Constantinople AD 381

  • 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 his 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, and for our Salvation
          came down from heaven,
          and was incarnate by the Holy Ghost and of the Virgin Mary,
          and was made man;
       He was crucified for us under Pontius Pilate,
          and suffered and was buried,
          and the third day he rose again, according to the Scriptures,     
          and ascended into heaven,
          and sitteth on the right hand of the Father.
       From thence he shall come again, with glory,
          to judge both 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 proceedeth from the Father and the Son,
       who with the Father and the Son together
          is worshipped and glorified,
       who spake by the prophets.
       And I believe in one holy catholic1 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.

  1. The term "catholic" here refers to the universal church.