What are the words of this confession and exposition of faith?
The Creed of Nicaea-Constantinople, commonly called the Nicene Creed, is reproduced below and should be memorized:
1. I believe in one God the Father, Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible; 2. And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the only-begotten, begotten of the Father before all worlds, Light from light, very God from very God, begotten, not made, of one essence [same-in-essence] with the Father, through whom all things were made; 3. Who for us men, and for our salvation, came down from heaven, and was incarnate of the Holy Spirit and of the Virgin Mary, and was made man; 4. And was crucified for us, under Pontius Pilate, and suffered, and was buried; 5. And rose again the third day according to the Scriptures; 6. And ascended into heaven, and sits on the right hand of the Father; 7. And he shall come again with glory to judge the quick and the dead, whose kingdom shall have no end. 8. And I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the Giver of life, who proceeds from the Father, who with the Father and the Son together is worshiped and glorified, who spoke through the Prophets. 9. I believe in one, holy, catholic, and apostolic church. 10. I acknowledge one baptism for the remission of sins. 11. I look for the resurrection of the dead; 12. And the life of the age to come. Amen.
