The Creeds of Christendom: The Greek and Latin creeds, with translations

LUCIAN. (Antioch.) EUSEBIUS. (Cæsarea, CYRIL. (Jerusalem.)

A.D. 300.

Pal.) A.D. 325.

We believe

1. in ONE GOD THE FA

THER Almighty,
Maker of all things
visible and invisi-
Lle:

2. And in one LORD JE

SUS CHRIST,
the Word of God, God
of God, Light of
Light, Life of Life,
the only-begotten Son,
the first-born of every
creature,
begotten of God the Fa-
ther before all ages;
by whom all things

were made;

A.D. 350.
We believe
1. in ONE GOD THE FA-

THER Almighty,
Maker of heaven and
earth, and of all things
visible and invisible;
2. And in one LORD JE-
SUS CHRIST, the only-
begotten Son of
God, begotten of
the Father before
all ages,
very God,

by whom all things
were made;

3. who for our salvation 3. who was made flesh,

was made flesh and lived among men;

and became man;

4. and suffered;

4. was crucified, and was buried;

NICANO-CONSTANTINOPOLITAN CREED. A.D. 325 and 381.

1. in ONE GOD THE FATHER Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible;

2.

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 (ὁμοούσιον τῷ Πατρί,
by whom all things were made;
(who, for us men, and for our sal-
vation, came down from heaven,
3. and was incarnate by the Holy
Ghost and [of, ex] the Virgin Mary,
and was made man;

4. He was crucified for us under Pontius Pilate,

and suffered, and was buried;

5. and rose for us on the 5. and rose on the third 5. rose on the third day; 5. and the third day he rose again,

third day;

heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of the Father;

and will come again
in glory,

to judge the quick and
the dead; whose king-
dom shall have no end;
8. And in one HOLY
GHOST, the Advo-
cate, who spake in
the Prophets.

according to the Scriptures;

6. and ascended into heaven,
and sitteth on the right hand of the
Father;

7. and he shall come again, with glory,
to judge the quick and the dead;
whose kingdom shall have no end;

8.

The words in italics in the last column are additions of the second cecumenical Council (381); the words in brackets are Western changes.

SYMBOLA ECUMENICA.

CECUMENICAL SYMBOLS.

I. SYMBOLUM APOSTOLICUM. THE APOSTLES' CREED. (a) FORMA RECEPTA. SIXTH CENTURY OR LATER. LATIN, GREEK, and ENGLISH.

PAGE

45

(b) FORMA ROMANA VETUS. SYMBOLUM MARCELLI. SYMBOLUM AUGUSTINI. FOURTH CENTURY

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(c) FORMA AQUILEJENSIS. RUFINUS. FORTUNATUS. FOURTH AND FIFTH CENTURIES

(d) FORMA ITALICA VETUS. FOURTH CENTURY..... COMPARATIVE TABLE SHOWING THE GRADUAL FORMATION OF the AposTLES' CREED.......

II. SYMBOLUM NICENO-CONSTANTINOPOLITANUM. THE NICENE CREED. A.D. 325 AND 381.

(a) FORMA RECEPTA ECCLESIÆ ORIENTALIS. AND LATIN

A.D. 281. GREEK

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(6) FORMA RECEPTA ECCLESIÆ OCCIDENTALIS. LATIN AND ENGLISH 58 (c) SYMBOLUM NICÆNUM VETUS. A.D. 325. GREEK AND LATIN....... 60 APPENDIX. OTHER ORIENTAL CREEDS OF THE NICENE AGE........... 61

III. SYMBOLUM CHALCEDONENSE. THE CREED OF THE CECUMENICAL COUNCIL OF CHALCEDON. A.D. 451. GREEK, LATIN, AND ENGLISH..

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IV. SYMBOLUM ATHANASIANUM.

CREED.

LATIN AND ENGLISH...

THE ATHANASIAN

V. SYMBOLUM CONSTANTINOPOLITANUM TERTIUM, ADVERSUS MONOTHELETAS. A.D. 680.

THE CREED OF THE SIXTH ECUMENICAL COUNCIL, AGAINST THE MONOTHELITES. REVIEW OF THE DOGMATIC LEGISLATION OF THE SEVEN ECUMENICAL COUNCILS ............

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1. SYMBOLUM APOSTOLICUM. (a) FORMA RECEPTA.1

Credo in DEUM PATREM omnipotentem ; Creatorem cali et terra.

Πιστεύω εἰς ΘΕΟΝ ΠΑΤΕΡΑ, παντοκράτορα, ποιητὴν οὐρανοῦ καὶ

γῆς.

Καὶ (εἰς) ΙΗΣΟΥΝ ΧΡΙΣΤΟΝ, υἱὸν αὐτοῦ τὸν μονογενῆ, τὸν κύριον ἡμῶν, τὸν συλληφθέντα ἐκ πνεύματος ἁγίου, γεννηθέντα ἐκ Μαρίας τῆς παρθένου, παθόντα ἐπὶ Ποντίου Πιλάτου, σταυρωθέντα, θανόντα, καὶ ταφέντα,

Et in JESUM CHRISTUM, Filium ejus unicum, Dominum nostrum; qui conceptus est de Spiritu Sancto, natus ex Maria virgine; passus sub Pontio Pilato, crucifixus, mortuus, et sepultus ; descendit ad inferna; tertia die resurrexit a κατελθόντα εἰς τὰ κατώτατα, τῇ τρίτῃ mortuis ; ascendit ad calos ; sedet ἡμέρᾳ ἀναστάντα ἀπὸ τῶν νεκρῶν, ad dexteram Dei Patris omnipo- ἀνελθόντα εἰς τοὺς οὐρανούς, καθε tentis ; inde venturus (est) judi- ζόμενον ἐν δεξιᾷ θεοῦ πατρὸς παντοcare vivos et mortuos. δυνάμου, ἐκεῖθεν ἐρχόμενον κρῖναι ζῶντας καὶ νεκρούς.

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Πιστεύω εἰς τὸ ΠΝΕΥΜΑ ΤΟ ̔́ΑΓΙΟΝ, ἁγίαν καθολικὴν ἐκκλη

Credo in SPIRITUM SANCTUM; sanctam ecclesiam catholicam; sanctorum communionem ; remis- σίαν, ἁγίων κοινωνίαν, ἄφεσιν ἁμαρτ sionem peccatorum, carnis resur- τιῶν, σαρκὸς ἀνάστασιν, ζωὴν αἰώ rectionem; vitam æternam. Amen. νιον. Αμήν.

I. THE APOSTLES' CREED. (a) RECEIVED FORM. I believe in GOD THE FATHER Almighty; Maker of heaven and earth. And in JESUS CHRIST his only (begotten) Son our Lord; who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary; suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried; he descended into hell [Hades, spirit-world];2 the third day he rose from the dead; he ascended into heaven; and sitteth at the right hand of God the Father Almighty; from thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead.

I believe in the HOLY GHOST; the holy catholic Church; the communion of saints; the forgiveness of sins; the resurrection of the body [flesh]; and the life everlasting. Amen.

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