The Apostles Creed Prayer (Protestant)
The Apostles Creed Prayer: I believe in God the Father Almighty,
Maker 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, dead, and buried:
He descended into hell;
The third day he rose again from the dead;
He ascended into heaven,
And sitteth on 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;
The holy Catholic Church;
The Communion of Saints;
The Forgiveness of sins;
The Resurrection of the body,
And the Life everlasting.
THE APOSTLES CREED in Latin
Credo in Deum, Patrem omnipotentem, Creatorem caeli et terrae.
Et in Iesum Christum, Filium eius unicum, Dominum nostrum:
qui conceptus est de Spiritu Sancto, natus ex Maria Virgine,
passus sub Pontio Pilato, crucifixus, mortuus, et sepultus,
descendit ad inferos,
tertia die resurrexit a mortuis,
ascendit ad caelos,
sedet ad dexteram Dei Patris omnipotentis,
inde venturus est iudicare vivos et mortuos.
Credo in Spiritum Sanctum,
sanctam Ecclesiam catholicam,
The Apostles Creed “the original Latin text, with the traditional division into twelve articles”
The Apostles Creed – the following gives the original Latin text, with the traditional division into twelve articles, alongside an English translation. Underlined passages are those not present in the Old Roman Symbol (Old Roman Creed, is an earlier and shorter version of the Apostles’ Creed) as recorded by Tyrannius Rufinus; best known as a translator of Greek patristic material, especially the work of Origen, into Latin.
- 1. Credo in Deum Patrem omnipotentem, Creatorem caeli et terrae,
I believe in God the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth,
- 2. et in Iesum Christum, Filium Eius unicum, Dominum nostrum,
and believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord,
- 3. qui conceptus est de Spiritu Sancto, natus ex Maria Virgine,
who was conceived from the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary,
- 4. passus sub Pontio Pilato, crucifixus, mortuus, et sepultus,
who suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried,
- 5. descendit ad inferos, tertia die resurrexit a mortuis,
descended into hell, rose again from the dead on the third day,
- 6. ascendit ad caelos, sedet ad dexteram Dei Patris omnipotentis,
ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father,
- 7. inde venturus est iudicare vivos et mortuos.
who will come again to judge the living and the dead.
- 8. Credo in Spiritum Sanctum,
I believe in the Holy Spirit,
- 9. sanctam Ecclesiam catholicam, sanctorum communionem,
the holy Catholic Church, the communion of saints,
- 10. remissionem peccatorum,
the forgiveness of sins,
- 11. carnis resurrectionem,
the resurrection of the body,
- 12. vitam aeternam. Amen.
and the life everlasting. Amen.
I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth.
And in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord; Who was conceived by the Holy Spirit; 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 on 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 Spirit; The Holy Christian 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
And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, begotten of the Father before all ages, God
of God, Light of Light, very God of very God, begotten not made, being of one substance with the Father,
through Whom all things were made: Who for us men and for our salvation came down from heaven, was
incarnate by the Holy Spirit of the virgin Mary, and was made man: Who for us, too, was crucified under
Pontius Pilate, suffered, and was buried: the third day He rose according to the Scriptures, ascended into
heaven, and is seated on the right hand of the Father: He shall come again with glory to judge the living
and the dead, and His kingdom shall have no end.
And 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 worshiped and glorified: Who spoke by the prophets.
And I believe one holy, Christian, and apostolic Church.
I acknowledge one baptism for the remission of sins, and I look for the resurrection of the dead and life of
the age to come.
CONFESSIONS OF FAITH
“Now I make known to you, brethren, the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received, in
which you stand, by which also you are saved, if you hold fast the word which I preached to you, unless
you believed in vain. For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died
for our sins according to the Scriptures, and that He was buried, and that He was raised on the third day
according to the Scriptures, and that He appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve. After that He appeared to
more than five hundred brethren at one time, most of whom remain until now, but some have fallen
asleep; than He appeared to James, then to all the apostles; and last of all, as it were to one untimely born,
He appeared to me also.” I Corinthians 15:1-8
“And it came about that as I as on my way, approaching Damascus about noontime, a very bright light
suddenly flashed from heaven all around me, and I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me,
‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?’ And I answered, ‘Who art Thou, Lord?’ And He said to me, ‘I
am Jesus the Nazarene, whom you are persecuting.’ And those who were with me beheld the light, to be
sure, but did not understand the voice of the One who was speaking to me. And I said, ‘What shall I do,
Lord?’ And the Lord said to me, ‘Arise and go on into Damascus, and there you will be told of all that has
been appointed for you to do.’ But since I could not see because of the brightness of the light, I was led
by the hand by those who were with me, and came into Damascus. And a certain Ananias, a man who
was devout by the standard of the Law, and well spoken of by all the Jews who lived there, came to me,
and standing near said to me, ‘Brother Saul, receive your sight!’ And at that very time I looked up at him.
And he said, ‘The God of our fathers has appointed you to know His will, and to see the Righteous One,
and to hear an utterance from His mouth. For you will be a witness for Him to all men of what you have
seen and heard.'” Acts 22:6-15
“The God who made the world and all things in it, since He is Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in
temples made with hands; neither is He served by human hands, as though He needed anything, since He
Himself gives to all life and breath and all things; and He made from one, every nation of mankind to live
on all the face of the earth, having determined their appointed times, and the boundaries of their
habitation, that they should seek God, if perhaps they might grope for Him and find Him, though He is
not far from each one of us; for in Him we live and move and exist, as even some of your own poets have
said, ‘For we also are His offspring.'” Acts 17:24-28
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Photo explanations: Lower Saxony State Museum, Göttingen Altar: The twelve apostles, each with the section of the Apostolicum ascribed to him in the Middle Ages (Göttinger Barfüßeraltar, 1424)