Nicene Creed -- statement of 4th Century Council of the Church

 We believe in one God,

the Father Almighty,

maker of heaven and earth,

of all things visible and invisible.

And in One Lord, Jesus Christ,

the only-begotten Son of God,

begotten from the Father before all ages,

light from light,

true God from true God,

begotten not made,

of one substance with the Father, 

through Whom all things came into existence

Who because of us men and women and

because of our salvation came down from

the eahvens,

and was incarnate from the Holy Spirit

and the Virgin Mary

and became man,

and was crucified for us under Pontius Pilate

and suffered and was buried,

and rose again on the third day

according to the Scriptures

and ascended into heaven, and sits

on the right hand of the Father,

and will come again with glory to judge

living and dead,

of Whose kingdom there will be no end;

and in the Holy, the Lord and Life-giver,

Who proceeds from the Father,

Who with the Father and the Son is together

worshipped and together glorified,

Who spoke through the prophets;

in one holy Catholic and apostolic Church.

We confess one baptism to the remission of sins,

we look to the resurrection of the dead, and

to the life of the world to come. Amen!