Historic Christian confession
The Apostles’ Creed
The Apostles’ Creed is a concise historic confession of Christian faith. It is not a passage of Scripture; its received form developed over time in the early Western church.
Mannora translation
The creed
The Apostles’ Creed
I believe in God, the almighty Father, creator of heaven and earth.
I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord.
He was conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary.
He suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried.
He descended to the realm of the dead.
On the third day he rose from the dead.
He ascended into heaven and sits at the right hand of God, the almighty Father.
From there he will come to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit,
the holy universal church,
the communion of the holy ones,
the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the body,
and eternal life. Amen.
How to read it
Its three-part movement confesses faith in the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. “Universal church” expresses the older creedal meaning of a church gathered across places and generations, not the name of one modern denomination.
The creed is included here because Protestant and Catholic Christians both receive this historic confession, even though familiar worship wording can differ slightly.