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Do not fill this in! ===Church of England=== In the [[Church of England]] there are currently two authorized forms of the creed: that of the ''[[Book of Common Prayer]]'' (1662) and that of ''[[Common Worship]]'' (2000). {{Col-begin}} {{Col-2}} '''''Book of Common Prayer''''', 1662<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.vulcanhammer.org/anglican/bcp-1662.pdf |title= The Book of Common Prayer (original text) |access-date= May 19, 2011 |publisher= Vulcan hammer |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110516142258/http://www.vulcanhammer.org/anglican/bcp-1662.pdf |archive-date= May 16, 2011 |url-status= dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.cofe.anglican.org/worship/liturgy/bcp/texts/mpep/morning.html |title= The Order for Morning Prayer |publisher= Anglican | access-date= May 19, 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090419150259/http://www.cofe.anglican.org/worship/liturgy/bcp/texts/mpep/morning.html| archive-date=April 19, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.churchofengland.org/prayer-worship/worship/book-of-common-prayer/the-order-for-evening-prayer.aspx |title=The Order for Evening Prayer | publisher= Anglican | access-date= May 19, 2011}}</ref> <poem> 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 Ghost,{{efn| In a suggested revision of 1923, this line has "of the Holy Ghost".<ref>{{cite book|title=A Suggested Prayer Book, Being the text of the English Rite altered and enlarged in accordance with the Prayer Book Revision proposals made by the English Church Union|date=1923|page=13|url=http://justus.anglican.org/resources/bcp/CofE1928/ECU/Green_Book.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151124113731/http://justus.anglican.org/resources/bcp/CofE1928/ECU/Green_Book.pdf|archive-date=November 24, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> The Scottish Book of Common Prayer (1637) has "which was conceived of the holy Ghost".<ref>{{cite book|title=The Book of Common Prayer for Scotland|date=1637|chapter-url=http://justus.anglican.org/resources/bcp/Scotland/Confirmation_1637.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150711140834/http://justus.anglican.org/resources/bcp/Scotland/Confirmation_1637.htm|archive-date=July 11, 2015|chapter=The Order of Confirmation|url-status=live}}</ref> This goes back to the [[Book of Common Prayer (1559)|1559 ''Book of Common Prayer'']], which has "whiche was conceived of the holy Ghost".<ref>{{cite book|title=The Book of Common Prayer|date=1559|chapter-url=http://justus.anglican.org/resources/bcp/1559/Confirmation_1559.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150516050041/http://justus.anglican.org/resources/bcp/1559/Confirmation_1559.htm|archive-date=May 16, 2015|chapter=Confirmacion|url-status=live}}</ref> }} Born of the Virgin Mary, Suffered under Pontius Pilate, Was crucified, dead, and buried: He descended into hell; 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 Ghost; The holy Catholick<!--DO NOT CHANGE SPELLING OR CAPITALIZATION. While other Anglican texts, even of the Church of England, may present it differently, "Catholick" is the spelling and capitalization used in the 1662 Book of Common Prayer. --> Church; The Communion of Saints; The Forgiveness of sins; The Resurrection of the body, And the Life everlasting. Amen. </poem> {{col-2}} '''''Common Worship'''''<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.churchofengland.org/our-faith/what-we-believe/apostles-creed |title=Creeds and Authorized Affirmations of Faith |publisher=Church of England | access-date= August 16, 2021}}</ref> <poem> I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth. I believe 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, 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, 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. </poem> {{col-end}} Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page