Ordinary Time

Faith

Statements of faith

What I know to be true, in the words professed by those who preceded us.

I · Symbolum Apostolorum

The Apostles' Creed

believe in God, the Father Almighty,

maker of heaven and earth;

And in Jesus Christ his only Son, our Lord;

who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,

born of the Virgin Mary,

suffered under Pontius Pilate,

was crucified, dead, and buried;

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 Spirit,

the holy catholic church,

the communion of saints,

the forgiveness of sins,

the resurrection of the body,

and the life everlasting.

Amen.

II · Symbolum Nicaenum

The Nicene Creed

believe in one God,

the Father, the Almighty,

maker of heaven and earth,

of all that is, seen and unseen.

I believe in one Lord,

Jesus Christ,

the only Son of God,

eternally begotten of the Father,

God from God,

Light from Light.

true God from true God,

begotten, not made,

of one Being with the Father;

through him all things

were made.

For me and for my salvation

he came down from heaven,

was incarnate of the

Holy Spirit and

the Virgin Mary,

and became truly human.

For my sake he was crucified

under Pontius Pilate;

he suffered death

and was buried.

On the third day he rose again

in accordance with

the Scriptures;

he ascended into heaven

and is seated at the right

hand of the Father.

He will come again in glory

to judge the living

and the dead,

and his kingdom will

have no end.

I believe in the Holy Spirit,

the Lord, the giver of life,

who proceeds from the Father

and the Son,

who with the Father

and the Son

is worshiped and glorified,

who has spoken

through the prophets.

I believe in the one

holy catholic and

apostolic church.

I acknowledge one baptism

for the forgiveness of sins.

I look for the resurrection

of the dead,

and the life of the

world to come. Amen.

III

My faith

Sept. 2026
I gave my life to Jesus Christ in September 2026, but the roots of my faith go further and deeper.

Soli Deo gloria.

A note on the texts

The Apostles’ Creed grew out of the confession made at baptism by the church at Rome, the Old Roman Creed of the second and third centuries, and took the form given here in the Latin West by the eighth century. It was not written by the apostles, but it was long held to set down what they taught.

The Nicene Creed was set out by the Council of Nicaea in 325 and enlarged by the Council of Constantinople in 381. It is the creed held in common by the Roman Catholic, Orthodox and most Protestant churches. The words “and the Son,” on the procession of the Holy Spirit, were added in the Latin West and are not said in the Eastern churches.

The Scriptures in the margin are from the King James Version of 1611, in its standard text of 1769. They show where each line of the creeds stands in the Bible; they are a reader’s guide to the sources, not a complete list of them.

Described by the creator, October 2026.