What is spoken of in each article of the Creed?
The first article speaks of God the Father, the first Person of the Holy Trinity, the prime origin and cause of all, and of God as Creator of the world. Articles two through seven speak of the second Person of the Holy Trinity, the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God. Within these, articles three through seven set forth the incarnation, sufferings, and death of the Lord Jesus Christ, followed by the teaching of his resurrection, his ascension, and his second coming in glory. The eighth article speaks of the third Person of the Holy Trinity, the Holy Spirit. The ninth article confesses our faith in the Church, a central element of the Christian faith, for there is no salvation of isolated individuals apart from the Body of Christ. The tenth article speaks of Baptism, under which the other Mysteries (Sacraments) are implied as well. Finally, the eleventh and twelfth articles speak of the future resurrection of the dead and of the life of the age to come.
Thus, the Symbol of Faith carries us from the creation of all things to their final transfiguration, from “Maker of heaven and earth” to “the life of the age to come.”
