Apostles' Creed Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === Canonical hours === The Apostles' Creed is used in [[Anglicanism|Anglican]] services of [[Matins]] and [[Evening Prayer (Anglican)|Evening Prayer (Evensong)]]. It is invoked after the recitation or singing of the [[Canticle]]s, and is the only part of the services in which the congregation traditionally turns to face the altar, if they are seated transversely in the [[Choir (architecture)|quire]]. The Episcopal Church (United States) uses the Apostles' Creed in Morning Prayer and Evening Prayer.<ref>''The Book of Common Prayer'' (1979). New York: Church Publishing. p. 66 (Evening Prayer, Rite I, traditional), p. 120 (Evening Prayer, Rite II, ICET).</ref> Before the 1955 [[General Roman Calendar of Pope Pius XII|simplification of the rubrics]] of the [[Roman Breviary]] by [[Pope Pius XII]], the Apostles' Creed was recited at the beginning of [[matins]] and [[prime (liturgy)|prime]], at the end of [[compline]], and in some ''[[preces]]'' (a series of versicles and responses preceded by, eleison ("Lord, have mercy") and the [[Our Father]]) of prime and compline<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newliturgicalmovement.org/2010/10/compendium-of-reforms-of-roman-breviary_24.html|title=Compendium of the Reforms of the Roman Breviary, 1568 - 1961: Part 9.1 - The Simplified Rubrics of 1955}}</ref> on certain days during Advent and Lent. 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