Apostles' Creed

===Lutheran Church===
In Luther's preface to his '[[Luther's Small Catechism|Small Catechism]]' which makes up part of the [[Book of Concord]] that contains the symbolical documents of the Lutheran Church it is suggested to commit the Creed, along with the [[Ten Commandments|Decalogue]] and [[Lord's Prayer]] to memory.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Luther's Preface to the Small Catechism |url=https://bookofconcord.org/small-catechism/preface/ |access-date=2023-06-21 |website=bookofconcord.org |language=en}}</ref>

====''Evangelical Lutheran Worship''====
The publication ''[[Evangelical Lutheran Worship]]'' published by Augsburg Fortress, is the primary worship resource for the [[Evangelical Lutheran Church in America]], the largest Lutheran denomination in the United States, and the [[Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada]]. It presents the official ELCA version, footnoting the phrase "he descended to the dead" to indicate an alternative reading: "or 'he descended into hell', another translation of this text in widespread use". Another alternative reading is "Christian church" instead of catholic since there is a Christian group called Catholics.

The text is as follows:<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://download.elca.org/ELCA%20Resource%20Repository/Apostles_Creed_Evangelical_Lutheran_Worship.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://download.elca.org/ELCA%20Resource%20Repository/Apostles_Creed_Evangelical_Lutheran_Worship.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live|title=The Apostles' Creed}}</ref>

{{poemquote|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 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, 
     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.}}


====Church of Denmark====
The [[Church of Denmark]] started using the phrase, from the [[baptismal vows]] "We renounce the devil and all his doings and all his beings" as the beginning of this creed, before the line "We believe in God etc." This is mostly due to the influence of the Danish pastor [[N. F. S. Grundtvig|Grundtvig]]. See {{interlanguage link|Den apostolske trosbekendelse|da}}.