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The Nicene Creed
We
believe in one God, the Father Almighty,
Maker of heaven and earth, of all things visible
and invisible.
And in the one Lord Jesus, Christ, the only-begotten
Son of God,
begotten of His 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 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 is seated
at the right hand of the Father; and He shall come
again,
with glory, to judge both the living and the dead;
whose kingdom shall have no end.
And we 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 we believe in one universal and apostolic church;
we acknowledge one baptism for the remission of sins;
and we look for the resurrection of the dead,
and the life of the world to come. Amen.
The Nicene Creed originated at the Council
of Nicea (325),
and an expanded form was adopted by
the Council of Chalcedon (451).
It was formulated to answer heresies that
denied the biblical doctrine
of the Trinity and of the person of Christ.
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