THE OLD ROMAN CREED

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("Creeds and Councils" Section)

The Greek text is from Migne, PG, Vol. 42, Col. 384 (Epiphanius, Panarion (Adversus Haereses) 7. 2. 2).

The Latin text is based on Migne, PL, Vol 21 Col. 335 and following (Rufinus, Commentatius in Symbolum Apostolorum).

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The Latin version of the creed is taken from Rufinus. The Greek versionis found in the apologia of Marcellus of Ancyra. For the complete Greek text of the Marcellus apologia click here. Click here to see the passage where Rufinus relates the tradition about the creed originating from the apostles themselves. Click here to see the passage from Pseudo-Augustine which assigns each clause of the creed to a particular apostle. Click here to see the Apostles' Creed as given by Abbas Pirminius (the earliest example of the creed as in current usage.)

 

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Πιστεύω οὖν εἰς θεὸν παντοκράτορα

καὶ εἰς Χριστὸν Ἰησοῦν τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ τὸν μονογενῆ, τὸν κύριον ἡμῶν,

τὸν γεννηθέντα ἐκ πνεύματος ἁγίου καὶ Μαρίας τῆς παρθένου,

τὸν ἐπὶ Ποντίου Πιλάτου σταυρωθέντα καὶ ταφέντα

καὶ τῇ τρίτῃ ἡμέρᾳ ἀναστάντα ἐκ τῶν νεκρῶν,

ἀναβάντα εἰς τοὺς οὐρανοὺς καὶ καθήμενον ἐν δεξιᾷ τοῦ πατρός,

ὅθεν ἔρχεται κρίνειν ζῶντας καὶ νεκρούς·

καὶ εἰς τὸ ἅγιον πνεῦμα,

ἁγίαν ἐκκλησίαν,

ἄφεσιν ἁμαρτιῶν,

σαρκὸς ἀνάστασιν,

ζωὴν αἰώνιον.

Credo in deum patrem omnipotentem;
et in Christum Iesum filium eius unicum, dominum nostrum,
qui natus est de Spiritu sancto et Maria virgine,
qui sub Pontio Pilato crucifixus est et sepultus,
tertia die resurrexit a mortuis,
ascendit in caelos,
sedet ad dexteram patris,
unde venturus est iudicare vivos et mortuos;
et in Spiritum sanctum,
sanctam ecclesiam,
remissionem peccatorum,
carnis resurrectionem.

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