The Nicene Creed
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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 Ghost 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 sitteth on the right hand of the Father; and he shall come again, with glory, to judge both the quick and the dead; whose kingdom shall have no end.

And I believe in the Holy Ghost, the Lord, and Giver of Life, who proceedeth from the Father and the Son; who with the Father and the Son together is worshipped and glorified; who spake by the Prophets. And I believe one holy Catholic
[1] 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

[1] The word "catholic" refers not to the Roman Catholic Church, but to the universal church of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Background
The Nicene Creed was authorized at the Council of Nice in 325 AD, and completed by the Council of Constantinople in 381 AD.

The Nicene Creed is one of the most widely accepted and used brief statements of the Christian Faith. In many churches, it is said every Sunday as part of the Liturgy. It is Common Ground to Eastern Orthodox, Roman Catholics, Anglicans, Lutherans, Calvinists, and many other Christian denominations.

Many groups that do not have a tradition of using it in their services nevertheless are committed to the doctrines it teaches.

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