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 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 and 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 is seated at the right hand of the Father;

And he shall come again with glory,

To judge the living and the dead;

Whose kingdom shall have no end.

And I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord and Giver of Life;

Who proceeds from the Father and the Son;

Who with the Father and the Son together is worshiped and glorified;

Who spoke by the prophets.

And I believe one holy catholic and apostolic church.

I acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins;

And I look for the resurrection of the dead,

And the life of the world to come.

AMEN.

This is a statement of the orthodox faith of the early Christian church in opposition to certain heresies concerning the doctrine of the Trinity and of the person of Christ, which disturbed the church during the fourth century,