THE APOSTLES' CREED

 
 
I 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 GHOST,
BORN OF THE VIRGIN MARY;
SUFFERED UNDER PONTIUS PILATE,
WAS CRUCIFIED, DEAD, AND BURIED;
HE DESCENDED INTO HELL;
THE THIRD DAY HE ROSE AGAIN FROM THE DEAD;
HE ASCENDED INTO HEAVEN, AND IS SEATED ON
THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD THE FATHER ALMIGHTY;
FROM THERE 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.
 
 

*THAT IS, THE TRUE CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF ALL TIMES AND ALL PLACES

* CATHOLIC MEANS "UNIVERSAL" AND IS NOT A REFERENCE TO THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH.