The Nicene Creed
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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 Son of God,
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 men for 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 sits
on the right hand of the Father; and He shall come again, with
glory, to judge the quick and the dead; whose kingdom shall have
no end.
And I believe in the Holy Ghost, the Lord and Giver of Life;
who proceeds from the Father and the Son; who with the Father and
the Son together is worshipped and glorified; who spoke by the
prophets.
And I believe one holy catholic and apostolic Church. I
acknowledge one baptism for the remission of sins; and I look for
the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come.
Amen.
This edition of the Nicene Creed had its roots in the Council
of Nicea in 325 AD, but the last couple of paragraphs were
modified at the Council of Constantinople in 381 AD. You can find
more on this in
"Debating
Jesus' Divinity: The Council of Nicaea and Its Bitter
Aftermath," Christian History and Biography, Issue 85,
Winter 2005.
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