Apostles Creed
I believe in God the Father, Almighty,
Maker of heaven and earth:
And in Jesus Christ, his only begotten 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 sits 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 Ghost:
I believe in the holy catholic church:
the communion of saints:
The forgiveness of sins:
The resurrection of the body:
And the life everlasting. Amen.
History
The Apostles’ Creed was not written by the Apostles, but is in full agreement with the teaching of the Apostles as contained in the New Testament. The earliest trace of the Apostles Creed goes back to Ignatius who lived in the late 1st and early 2nd century AD. In his writings he states that Christ was truly born "of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified and died and was raised from the dead." As a whole, the complete text of the Apostles’ Creed cannot be traced beyond the end of the 5th century AD.