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Nicene Creed

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The ecumenical creed defining Trinitarian orthodoxy, formulated at Nicaea and Constantinople.

Nicene Creed

I believe in one God, the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible. (Deut. 6:4; Gen. 1:1; Col. 1:16)

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 (homoousios) with the Father, by whom all things were made. (John 1:1–3; John 1:14; Heb. 1:3; Col. 2:9)

Who, for us men and for our salvation, came down from heaven, and was incarnate by the Holy Spirit of the virgin Mary, and was made man; (John 6:38; Luke 1:35; Gal. 4:4; Phil. 2:7)

and was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate; he suffered and was buried; (1 Cor. 15:3; Isa. 53:5)

and the third day he rose again, according to the Scriptures; (1 Cor. 15:4; Acts 10:40)

and ascended into heaven, and sits on the right hand of the Father; (Ps. 110:1; Acts 2:33)

and he shall come again, with glory, to judge the quick and the dead; whose kingdom shall have no end. (Acts 17:31; Luke 1:33)

And I believe in the Holy Ghost, the Lord and Giver of Life; who proceeds from the Father [and the Son — filioque, Western addition]; who with the Father and the Son together is worshipped and glorified; who spoke by the prophets. (John 15:26; John 14:26; 2 Pet. 1:21)

And I believe one holy catholic and apostolic Church. I acknowledge one baptism for the remission of sins; and I look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come. Amen. (Eph. 4:4–6; Acts 2:38; 1 Cor. 15:52; John 17:3)