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NICENE CREED
325 AD, amended 381, 451 and 589 AD
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WE
BELIEVE in one God,
the Father almighty,
maker of heaven and earth,
of all things visible and invisible.
And in one Lord Jesus Christ,
the only Son of God,
begotten from the Father before all ages,
God from
God,
Light from
Light,
true God
from true God,
begotten, not made;
of the same essence as the Father.
Through him all things were made.
For us and for our salvation
he came
down from heaven;
he became
incarnate by the Holy Spirit and the virgin Mary,
and was
made human.
He was
crucified for us under Pontius Pilate;
he
suffered and was buried.
The third
day he rose again, according to the Scriptures.
He
ascended to heaven
and is
seated at the right hand of the Father.
He will
come again with glory
to judge
the living and the dead.
His
kingdom will never end.
And we believe in the Holy Spirit,
the Lord, the giver
of life.
He proceeds from the Father and the Son*,
and with the Father and the Son is
worshiped and glorified.
He spoke through the prophets.
We believe in one
holy catholic and apostolic church.
We affirm one baptism for the
forgiveness of sins.
We look forward to the resurrection of
the dead,
and to life in the world to come. Amen.
* These words accepted in Western, but not
in Eastern churches
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