Apostles' Creed Traditional Version
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 Spirit,
and born of the Virgin Mary,
suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, dead, and buried;*
the third day he rose from the dead;
he ascended into heaven,
and sitteth at 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 Spirit,
the holy catholic** church,
the communion of saints,
the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the body,
and the life everlasting. Amen.
* Traditional use of this creed includes these words: "He descended into hell."
** universal
References:
The United Methodist Hymnal, The United Methodist Publishing House, Nashville, Tennessee, 1989
Other sources, from many denominations, include this same creed, although often with minor wording differences.
