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Historic Statements of Faith
AD 2nd Century
I believe
in God the Father Almighty; Maker of heaven and earth, and in Jesus
Christ, his only begotten Son, our Lord. He was conceived by the
Holy Ghost, and born of the virgin, Mary. He suffered under Pontius
Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried. He descended into Hades.
On the third day He rose again, ascended into Heaven, and sits at
the right hand of God the Father; from thence He will come to judge
the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Ghost, the holy catholic
Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection
of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.
Constantinople
(AD 381)
I
believe in one God, the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth,
and of all things visible and invisible; and in one Lord Jesus Christ,
the only begotten Son of God, begotten of His Father before all
worlds, God of God, Light of Light, very God of very God, begotten,
not made, being of one substance with the Father; by whom all things
were made; who, for us men and for our salvation, came down from
Heaven, and was incarnate by the Holy Ghost of the virgin, Mary,
and was made man; and was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate;
He suffered and was buried; and the third day He rose again, according
to the Scriptures, and ascended into Heaven, and sits on the right
hand of the Father; and He shall come again, with glory, to judge
both the quick and the dead; whose kingdom shall have no end. And
I believe in the Holy Ghost, the Lord, and Giver of Life, who proceeds
from the Father and the Son; who with the Father and the Son together
is worshiped and glorified; who spoke by the Prophets. And I believe
in one holy, catholic and apostolic Church; 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.
AD
451
Following
the holy fathers, we unite in teaching all men to confess the one
and same Son, our Lord Jesus Christ. This selfsame one is perfect
both in deity and in humanity; truly God and truly man, with a rational
soul and a body; consubstantial with the Father according to His
deity, and consubstantial with us according to the humanity; like
us in all respects, sin only excepted. Before the ages He was begotten
of the Father, according to the deity, and in these last days, for
us and for our salvation, He was born of Mary the virgin, who is
Godbearer according to His humanity; one and the same Christ, Son,
Lord, only-begotten, to be acknowledged in two natures; without
confusing them, without interchanging them, without dividing them,
and without separating them; the distinction of natures by no means
taken away by the union, but the properties of each nature being
preserved, and concurring in one Person and one subsistence; not
parted or divided into two persons, but one and the same only-begotten
Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, as from the beginning the prophets have
declared concerning Him, and the Lord Jesus Christ Himself has taught
us, and the symbol of the fathers has handed down to us.
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