Apostles' Creed

The Apostles’ Creed summarizes the faith handed down from the earliest Church. Catholics recite it at the start of the Rosary and in many morning and evening prayers.

Let each article settle in the mind—creation, Incarnation, Cross, Resurrection, Church, and everlasting life.

The Prayer

I believe in God, the Father Almighty, Creator 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; died, and was buried. He descended into hell; the third day He arose again from the dead; He ascended into heaven, sitteth at the right hand of God the Father Almighty; from thence He shall 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.

Sources: Traditional form; cf. Baltimore Manual of Prayers (1889).

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