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! ===Ecumenical (interdenominational) versions=== [[File:First Four Articles of the Creed tapestry.jpg|thumb|15th-century Flemish tapestry illustrating the first four articles of the Creed]] ==== International Consultation on English Texts ==== The International Consultation on English Texts (ICET), a first inter-church ecumenical group that undertook the writing of texts for use by English-speaking Christians in common, published ''Prayers We Have in Common'' (Fortress Press, 1970, 1971, 1975). Its version of the Apostles' Creed was adopted by several churches.<ref name=CNCC>{{cite web|title=The Apostles' Creed|url=https://www.cardinalnewman.com.au/images/stories/downloads/The%20Apostles%20Creed.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://www.cardinalnewman.com.au/images/stories/downloads/The%20Apostles%20Creed.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live|publisher=Cardinal Newman Catechist Consultants|access-date=2 June 2019|date=2008}}</ref><ref name=JVB>{{cite journal |last1=Vanden Bosch |first1=James |date=December 1989 |title=Revised But Not Standard |url=https://www.reformedworship.org/article/december-1989/revised-not-standard |journal=Reformed Worship |issue=14 |access-date=2 June 2019 }}</ref> {{poemquote|I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth. I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord. He 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, and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic Church, the communion of the saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen. }} ==== English Language Liturgical Consultation ==== The [[English Language Liturgical Consultation]] (ELLC), a successor body to the International Consultation on English Texts (ICET), published in 1988 a revised translation of the Apostles' Creed. It avoided the word "his" in relation to God and spoke of Jesus Christ as "God's only Son" instead of "his only Son". In the fourth line, it replaced the personal pronoun "he" with the relative "who", and changed the punctuation, so as no longer to present the Creed as a series of separate statements. In the same line it removed the words "the power of". It explained its rationale for making these changes and for preserving other controverted expressions in the 1988 publication ''Praying Together'', with which it presented its new version:<ref>{{cite web|title=Praying Together|url=https://irp-cdn.multiscreensite.com/a42fbdb2/files/uploaded/praying.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://irp-cdn.multiscreensite.com/a42fbdb2/files/uploaded/praying.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live|publisher=English Language Liturgical Consultation|access-date=2 June 2019|page=22|date=1988}}</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. }} 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