We believe
in One God,
the Father All-governing
[Greek pantokratora]
Creator [Greek poieten]
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 time [Greek pro panton
ton aionon], Light from Light,
true God from true God,
begotten not created [Greek
poiethenta], of the same
essence/reality as the Father
[Greek homoousion to patri],
through whom all things came
into being, Who for us and because
of our salvation came down from
Heaven, and was incarnate by the
Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary
and became human [Greek
enanthropesanta]. He was crucified
for us under Pontius Pilate, and
suffered and was buried, and
rose on the Third Day, according
to the Scriptures, and ascended
to heaven, and sits on the right
hand of the Father, and will come
again with glory to judge the
living and the dead. His Kingdom
shall have no end [Greek telos];
And in the Holy Spirit, the Lord
and Life-Giver, who proceeds from
the Father, who is worshipped and
glorified together with the Father
and Son, who spoke through the
prophets;
And in One, holy, Catholic, Apostolic
Church. We confess one Baptism for
the remission of sins. We look
forward to the Resurrection of
the Dead and the Life of the World
to come. Amen.
{John H. Leith - THE CREEDS OF
THE CHURCHES} page 33
also "Niceno-Constantinopolitan
Creed" of AD 381.
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