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What We Believe

WE BELIEVE IN ONE GOD, THE FATHER, THE
ALMIGHTY, MAKER OF HEAVEN AND EARTH,
OF ALL THAT IS, SEEN AND UNSEEN.

WE 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 US
AND OUR SALVATION, HE CAME DOWN FROM
HEAVEN.  BY THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
HE BECAME INCARNATE FROM THE VIRGIN
MARY, AND WAS MADE MAN.  FOR OUR 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.

WE BELIEVE IN THE HOLY SPIRIT, THE LORD,
THE GIVER OF LIFE, WHO PROCEEDS FROM THE
FATHER AND THE SON.  WITH THE FATHER AND
THE SON, HE IS WORSHIPPED AND GLORIFIED.
HE HAS SPOKEN THROUGH THE PROPHETS.

WE BELIEVE IN ONE HOLY UNIVERSAL AND
APOSTOLIC CHURCH.  WE ACKNOWLEDGE ONE
BAPTISM FOR THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS.
WE LOOK FOR THE RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD
AND THE LIFE OF THE WORLD TO COME.  AMEN.