The Nicene Creed
The creed of the Councils of Nicaea (325) and Constantinople (381), professed at Sunday Mass. This is the traditional English used in hand missals before 1970; at Mass today the parish uses the current approved translation.

The prayer
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, born of the Father before all ages; God of God, Light of Light, true God of true God; begotten, not made; consubstantial 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. He was crucified also for us, suffered under Pontius Pilate, and was buried. And the third day he rose again according to the Scriptures; and ascended into heaven, and sitteth at the right hand of the Father. And he shall come again with glory to judge the living and the dead; of whose kingdom there shall be no end.
And I believe in the Holy Ghost, the Lord and Giver of life, who proceedeth from the Father and the Son; who together with the Father and the Son is adored and glorified; who spoke by the Prophets.
And one holy, catholic and apostolic Church. I confess 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.
In Latin
Credo in unum Deum, Patrem omnipotentem, factorem caeli et terrae, visibilium omnium et invisibilium...
Pray it this week
Read this Creed slowly once this week before Sunday Mass, so that when you profess it with the parish you mean every line.
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