We believe in one God, the Father, the Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all that is seen and unseen.
We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only Son of God, eternally begotten of the Father, God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, not made, one in being with the Father. Through him all things were made. For us men and for our salvation he came down from heaven, by the power of the Holy Spirit he was born of the Virgin Mary, and became man. For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate; he suffered, died, and was buried.
On the third day he rose again in fulfillment of the Scriptures; he ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead, and his kingdom will have no end.
We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son. With the Father and the Son he is worshipped and glorified. He has spoken through the prophets.
We believe in One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church. We acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins. We look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come.
Amen.
Credo in unum Deum, Patrem omnipotèntem, factòrem caeli et terrae, visibìlium òmnium et invisibìlium.
Et in unum Dòminum Jesum Christum, Fìlium Dei unigènitum, et ex Patre natum ante òmnia sàecula Deum de Deo, lumen de lùmine, Deum verum de Deo vero, gènitum, non factum, consubstantiàlem Patri: per quem omnia facta sunt. Qui propter nos hòmines et propter nostram salùtem descèndit de caelis. Et incarnàtus est de Spìritu Sancto ex Marìa Vìrgine, et homo factus est. Crucifìxus etiam pro nobis sub Pòntio Pilàto; passus et sepùltus est,
et resurrèxit tèrtia die, secundum Scriptùras, et ascèndit in caelum, sedet ad dèxteram Patris. Et ìterum ventùras est cum glòria, iudicàre vivos et mòrtuos, cuius regni non erit finis.
Et in Spìritum Sanctum, Dòminum et vivificàntem: qui ex Patre Filiòque procèdit. Qui cum Patre et Fìlio simul adoràtur et conglorifcàtur: qui locùtus est per prophètas.
Et unam, sanctam, cathòlicam, et apostòlicum Ecclèsiam. Confiteor unum baptìsma in remissiònem peccatòrum. Et exspècto resurrectiònem mortuòrum, et vitam ventùri sàeculi.
Amen.
This Creed, recited after the after the homily was written at the Council of Nicaea in the year 325. It was finalized at the Council of Constantinople in 385. Its proper name is the Nicene-Constantinopolitan creed (CCC 195). Other than the inclusion of the word Filiòque in the 9th century, this statement of the Church’s teaching has remained unchanged for over one thousand six hundred years.
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