Jonathan J. Armstrong, Ph.D. Moody Bible Institute

The Creed of Eusebius of The Nicene Creed: The Niceno- The Apostles’ Creed: Caesarea: Constantinopolitan Creed:

We believe in one only God, We believe in one God, the We believe in one God, the I believe in God the Father Father almighty, maker of all things Father almighty, creator of things Father almighty, maker of heaven almighty, maker of heaven and earth; visible and invisible; and earth, and of all things visible And in Jesus Christ his only Son visible and invisible; And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the and invisible; our Lord, who was conceived by the And in the Lord Jesus Christ, for he Son of God, the only-begotten of his And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary, is the Word of God, God of God, light Father, of the substance of the only begotten Son of God, begotten of light, life of life, his only Son, the Father, God of God, light of light, of his Father before all worlds, light suffered under Pontius Pilate, was first-born of all creatures, begotten very God of very God, begotten, not of light, very God of very God, crucified, dead, and buried; he of the Father before all time, by made, being of one substance begotten not made, being of one descended into hell; the third day he (ὁμοούσιον) with the Father, by whom also everything was created, substance with the Father, by whom rose again from the dead; he whom all things were made, both all things were made, who for us men who became flesh for our ascended into heaven, and sits on which be in heaven and in earth, who and for our salvation came down the right hand of God the Father redemption, who lived and suffered for us men and for our salvation from heaven and was incarnate by among men, rose again the third day, came down from heaven and was the Holy Ghost and the Virgin Mary, almighty; from thence he shall come returned to the Father, and will come incarnate and was made man. He and was made man, and was to judge the quick and the dead. again one day in his glory to judge suffered and the third day he rose crucified also for us under Pontius I believe in the Holy Ghost; again, and ascended into heaven. the quick and the dead. Pilate. He suffered and was buried, The holy catholic church; the And he shall come again to judge We believe also in the Holy and the third day he rose again communion of saints; the forgiveness both the quick and the dead. according to the Scriptures, and Ghost. of sins; the resurrection of the body, And we believe in the Holy Spirit. ascended into heaven, and sits at the and the life everlasting. We believe that each of these And whosoever shall say that right hand of the Father. And he shall three is and subsists; the Father truly there was a time when the Son of come again with glory to judge both as Father, the Son truly as Son, the God was not, or that before he was the quick and the dead, whose Holy Ghost truly as Holy Ghost; as begotten he was not, or that he was kingdom shall have no end. made of things that were not, or that our Lord also said, when he sent his And we believe in the Holy he is of a different substance or Ghost, the Lord and giver of life, who disciples to preach: ‘Go and teach all essence from the Father, or that he is proceeds from the Father, who with nations, and baptize them in the a creature, or subject to change or the Father and the Son together is name of the Father, and of the Son, conversion―all that so say, the worshipped and glorified, who spoke and of the Holy Ghost.’ Catholic and Apostolic Church by the prophets. anathematizes them. And we believe in one, holy, catholic, 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.