• I believe in God, the Father almighty,
• creator of heaven and earth.

• I believe in Jesus Christ, God’s only Son, our Lord,
• who was conceived by the Power of the Holy Spirit,
• and born of the Virgin Mary.
• He suffered under Pontius Pilate,
• was crucified, died, and was buried;
• He descended to the dead.
• On the third day he rose again;
• He ascended into heaven,
• He is seated at the right hand of the Father,
• and He will come to judge the living and the dead.

• I believe in the Holy Spirit,
• the holy catholic Church,
• the communion of saints,
• the forgiveness of sins,
• the resurrection of the body,
• and the life everlasting. Amen.

(The word “catholic” means “relating to the Holy Universal Church ” and was the word used in the original version of the Creed. It does not mean the Roman Catholic Church, but the church, the body of Christ, as a universal fellowship. The phrase, “He descended into hell,” was not part of the creed in its earliest form.)