Concise faith statements identify the central tenets Christ followers must hold. Pilgrim Covenant Church affirms the Nicene and Apostles’ Creeds as trustworthy summaries of core Christian beliefs.
The Apostles’ Creed
I believe in God the Father Almighty,
Maker of heaven and earth:And in Jesus Christ His only Son, our Lord;
Who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,
Born of the Virgin Mary,
Suffered under Pontius Pilate,
Was crucified, dead, and buried;
He descended into hades;
The third day, He rose again from the dead;
He ascended into heaven, and sitteth
On 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 Spirit,
The holy Christian church,
The communion of the saints,
The forgiveness of sins,
The resurrection of the body,
And the life everlasting.
Amen.
Nicene Creed
I believe in one God,
the Father Almighty,
maker of heaven and earth
and of all things visible and invisible.
And in one Lord Jesus Christ,
the only-begotten Son of God,
begotten of His Father before all worlds,
God of God, Light of Light,
very God of very God,
begotten, not made,
being of one substance with the Father,
by whom all things were made;
who for us men and for our salvation
came down from heaven
and was incarnate by the Holy Spirit of the virgin Mary
and was made man;
and was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate.
He suffered and was buried.
And the third day He rose again
according to the Scriptures
and ascended into heaven
and sits at the right hand of the Father.
And He will come again with glory to judge both the living and the dead,
whose kingdom will have no end.
And I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord and giver of life,
who proceeds from the Father and the Son,
who with the Father and the Son together is worshiped and glorified,
who spoke by the prophets.
And I believe in one holy Christian and apostolic Church
I acknowledge one Baptism for the remission of sins,
and I look for the resurrection of the dead
and the life of the world to come. Amen.
Us men: means all people.
Christian: The ancient text reads “catholic,” meaning the whole
Church as it confesses the wholeness of Christian doctrine.
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