The Apostles Creed
- I believe in God the Father, Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth:
- And in Jesus Christ, his only begotten Son, our Lord:
- Who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary:
- Suffered under Pontius Pilate; was crucified, dead and buried: He descended into hell:
- The third day he rose again from the dead:
- He ascended into heaven, and sitteth at the right hand of God the Father Almighty:
- From thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead:
- I believe in the Holy Ghost:
- I believe in the holy catholic church: the communion of saints:
- The forgiveness of sins:
- The resurrection of the body:
- And the life everlasting. Amen.
The 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 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 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 sitteth on the right hand of the Father.
- And 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 one Catholick and Apostolick 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.
The Athanasian Creed
- Whosoever will be saved, before all things it is necessary that he hold the Catholic Faith.
- Which Faith except everyone do keep whole and undefiled,
without doubt he shall perish everlastingly. - And the Catholic Faith is this:
- That we worship one God in Trinity, and Trinity in Unity,
- Neither confounding the Persons, nor dividing the Substance.
- For there is one Person of the Father, another of the Son, and another of the Holy Ghost.
- But the Godhead of the Father, of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, is all one, the Glory equal, the Majesty co-eternal.
- Such as the Father is, such is the Son, and such is the Holy Ghost.
- The Father uncreate, the Son uncreate, and the Holy Ghost uncreate.
- The Father incomprehensible, the Son incomprehensible, and the Holy Ghost incomprehensible.
- The Father eternal, the Son eternal, and the Holy Ghost eternal.
- And yet they are not three eternals, but one eternal.
- As also there are not three incomprehensibles, nor three uncreated,
but one uncreated, and one incomprehensible. - So likewise the Father is Almighty, the Son Almighty, and the Holy Ghost Almighty.
- And yet they are not three Almighties, but one Almighty.
- So the Father is God, the Son is God, and the Holy Ghost is God.
- And yet they are not three Gods, but one God.
- So likewise the Father is Lord, the Son Lord, and the Holy Ghost Lord.
- And yet not three Lords, but one Lord.
- For like as we are compelled by the Christian verity to acknowledge
every Person by himself to be both God and Lord, - So are we forbidden by the Catholic Religion to say, there be three Gods, or three Lords.
- The Father is made of none, neither created, nor begotten.
- The Son is of the Father alone, not made, nor created, but begotten.
- The Holy Ghost is of the Father and of the Son, neither made, nor created, nor begotten, but proceeding.
- So there is one Father, not three Fathers; one Son, not three Sons; one Holy Ghost, not three Holy Ghosts.
- And in this Trinity none is afore, or after other; none is greater, or less than another;
- But the whole three Persons are co-eternal together and co-equal.
- So that in all things, as is aforesaid, the Unity in Trinity and the Trinity in Unity is to be worshipped.
- He therefore that will be saved is must think thus of the Trinity.
- Furthermore, it is necessary to everlasting salvation that he also believe rightly the Incarnation of our Lord Jesus Christ.
- For the right Faith is, that we believe and confess, that our Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, is God and Man;
- God, of the substance of the Father, begotten before the worlds; and Man of the substance of his Mother, born in the world;
- Perfect God and perfect Man, of a reasonable soul and human flesh subsisting.
- Equal to the Father, as touching his Godhead; and inferior to the
Father, as touching his manhood; - Who, although he be God and Man, yet he is not two, but one Christ;
- One, not by conversion of the Godhead into flesh but by taking of the Manhood into God;
- One altogether; not by confusion of Substance, but by unity of Person.
- For as the reasonable soul and flesh is one man, so God and Man is one Christ;
- Who suffered for our salvation, descended into hell, rose again the third day from the dead.
- He ascended into heaven, he sitteth at the right hand of the Father, God Almighty,
- From whence he will come to judge the quick and the dead.
- At whose coming all men will rise again with their bodies and shall give account for their own works.
- And they that have done good shall go into life everlasting; and they that have done evil into everlasting fire.
- This is the Catholic Faith, which except a man believe faithfully,
he cannot be saved.