Saint John the Baptist Orthodox Church

The Apostles’ Creed is an ancient creed of the Church that was used in the West primarily as a baptismal creed.  Consequently, it is not employed for widespread liturgical use in the Orthodox Church as is the Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed, which is universally recited as the preeminent creed of the Christian faith.  Nonetheless, the Apostles’ Creed reflects some of the fundamental beliefs of the Church, and is therefore utilized within the Orthodox daily prayer offices of  Western Rite Matins and Vespers.  

Traditional English Version of Apostles’ Creed 

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 Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried; he descended into hell; the third day he rose again from the dead; he ascended into heaven, and sitteth on 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 Ghost; the holy catholic Church; the communion of saints; the forgiveness of sins; the resurrection of the body; and the life everlasting.  AMEN.

Latin Text (ca. A.D. 700) 

Credo in Deum Patrem omnipotentem; Creatorem coeli et terrae. 

Et in Jesum Christum, Filium ejus unicum, Dominum nostrum; qui conceptus est de Spiritu Sancto, natus ex Maria virgine; passus sub Pontio Pilato, crucifixus, mortuus, et sepultus; descendit ad inferna; tertia die resurrexit a mortuis; ascendit ad coelos; sedet ad dexteram Dei Patris omnipotentis; inde venturus (est) judicare vivos et mortuos. 

Credo in Spiritum Sanctum; sanctam ecclesiam catholicam; sanctorum communionem; remissionem peccatorum; carnis resurrectionem; vitam oeternam. Amen.