I believe in God,
Heb 11:6
the Father,
1 Cor 8:6
Almighty,
Gen 17:1
maker of heaven and earth.
Gen 1:1
And in Jesus Christ,
John 14:1
His only Son,
John 3:16
our Lord,
Phil 2:11
who was conceived from the Holy Spirit,
Luke 1:35
born from the Virgin Mary.
Luke 2:7
He suffered under Pontius Pilate,
Mark 15:15
was crucified,
John 19:18
died,
Mark 15:37
and was buried.
Luke 23:53
He descended into hell,
1 Pet 3:18-19
on the third day He rose from the dead,
1 Cor 15:4
ascended into heaven,
Acts 1:9
and sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty,
Eph 1:20-21
from where He will come to judge the living and the dead.
Acts 10:42
I believe in the Holy Spirit,
John 14:26
the Holy Christian Church — the communion of saints,
Eph 4:4-5
the forgiveness of sins,
Acts 10:43
the resurrection of the body,
1 Cor 15:52
and the life ☩ everlasting.
John 11:25-26
Amen.
2 Cor 1:20
Traditional Text
This is the Greek text of the Creed as it was traditionally received in the 8th century, which is the basis for the translation provided above. Formatting, punctuation, and capitalisation provided by the Confessional Lutheran Church.
Πιστεύω εἰς Θεὸν,
Πατέρα,
παντοκράτορα,
ποιητὴν οὐρανοῦ καὶ γῆς.
Καὶ (εἰς) Ἰησοῦν Χριστόν,
Υἱὸν αύτοῦ τὸν μονογενῆ,
τὸν Κύριον ἡμῶν,
τὸν συλληφθέντα ἐκ Πνεύματος Ἀγίου,
γεννηθέντα ἐκ Μαρίας τῆς παρθένου.
Παθόντα ἐπὶ Ποντίου Πιλάτου,
σταυρωθέντα,
θανόντα,
καὶ ταφέντα.
Κατελθόντα εἰς τὰ κατώτατα,
τῇ τρίτῃ ἡμέρᾳ ἀναστάντα ἀπὸ τῶν νεκρῶν,
ἀνελθόντα εἰς τοὺς οὐρανούς,
καθεζόμενον ἐν δεξιᾷ Θεοῦ Πατρὸς Παντοδυνάμου,
ἐκεῖθεν ἐρχόμενον κρῖναι ζῶντας καὶ νεκρούς.
Πιστεύω εἰς τὸ Πνευμα το Ἅγιον,
ἁγίαν καθολικὴν Ἐκκλησίαν — ἁγίων κοινωνίαν,
ἄφεσιν ἁμαρτιῶν,
σαρκὸς ἀνάστασιν,
ξωὴν αἰώνιον.
Ἀμήν.
Sources
The traditional Greek text is sourced from Schaff, Philip, ed. The Creeds of Christendom, Volume II: The Greek and Latin Creeds. Harper & Brothers, 1878. P. 45.
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