The
Three Creeds
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.
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.
Athanasian
Creed
1.
Whosoever will be saved, before all things it is necessary
that he hold the catholic faith;
2. Which faith except every one do keep whole and
undefiled, without doubt he shall perish everlastingly.
3. And the catholic faith is this: That we worship one God
in Trinity, and Trinity in Unity;
4. Neither confounding the persons nor dividing the
substance.
5. For there is one person of the Father, another of the
Son, and another of the Holy Spirit.
6. But the Godhead of the Father, of the Son, and of the
Holy Spirit is all one, the glory equal, the majesty
coeternal.
7. Such as the Father is, such is the Son, and such is the
Holy Spirit.
8. The Father uncreated, the Son uncreated, and the Holy
Spirit uncreated.
9. The Father incomprehensible, the Son incomprehensible,
and the Holy Spirit incomprehensible.
10. The Father eternal, the Son eternal, and the Holy
Spirit eternal.
11. And yet they are not three eternals but one eternal.
12. As also there are not three uncreated nor three
incomprehensible, but one uncreated and one
incomprehensible.
13. So likewise the Father is almighty, the Son almighty,
and the Holy Spirit almighty.
14. And yet they are not three almighties, but one
almighty.
15. So the Father is God, the Son is God, and the Holy
Spirit is God;
16. And yet they are not three Gods, but one God.
17. So likewise the Father is Lord, the Son Lord, and the
Holy Spirit Lord;
18. And yet they are not three Lords but one Lord.
19. For like as we are compelled by the Christian verity to
acknowledge every Person by himself to be God and Lord;
20. So are we forbidden by the catholic religion to say;
There are three Gods or three Lords.
21. The Father is made of none, neither created nor
begotten.
22. The Son is of the Father alone; not made nor created,
but begotten.
23. The Holy Spirit is of the Father and of the Son;
neither made, nor created, nor begotten, but proceeding.
24. So there is one Father, not three Fathers; one Son, not
three Sons; one Holy Spirit, not three Holy Spirits.
25. And in this Trinity none is afore or after another;
none is greater or less than another.
26. But the whole three persons are coeternal, and coequal.
27. So that in all things, as aforesaid, the Unity in
Trinity and the Trinity in Unity is to be worshipped.
28. He therefore that will be saved must thus think of the
Trinity.
29. Furthermore it is necessary to everlasting salvation
that he also believe rightly the incarnation of our Lord
Jesus Christ.
30. For the right faith is that we believe and confess that
our Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, is God and man.
31. God of the substance of the Father, begotten before the
worlds; and man of substance of His mother, born in the
world.
32. Perfect God and perfect man, of a reasonable soul and
human flesh subsisting.
33. Equal to the Father as touching His Godhead, and
inferior to the Father as touching His manhood.
34. Who, although He is God and man, yet He is not two, but
one Christ.
35. One, not by conversion of the Godhead into flesh, but
by taking of that manhood into God.
36. One altogether, not by confusion of substance, but by
unity of person.
37. For as the reasonable soul and flesh is one man, so God
and man is one Christ;
38. Who suffered for our salvation, descended into hell,
rose again the third day from the dead;
39. He ascended into heaven, He sits on the right hand of
the Father, God, Almighty;
40. From thence He shall come to judge the quick and the
dead.
41. At whose coming all men shall rise again with their
bodies;
42. and shall give account of their own works.
43. And they that have done good shall go into life
everlasting and they that have done evil into everlasting
fire.
44. This is the catholic faith, which except a man believe
faithfully he cannot be saved.