THE NICENE CREED

(Found in the Acts of the Ecumenical Councils of Ephesus and 

Chalcedon, in the Epistle of Eusebius of Coesarea to his own Church, 

in the Epistle of St. Athanasius Ad Jovianum Imp., in the 

Ecclesiastical Histories of Theodoret and Socrates, and elsewhere, The 

variations in the text are absolutely without importance.)

The Synod at Nice set forth this Creed.()

The Ecthesis of the Synod at Nice.()

We believe in one God, the Father Almighty, maker of all things 

visible and invisible; and in one Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the 

only-begotten of his Father, of the substance of the Father, God of 

God, Light of Light, very God of very God, begotten 

( gennhq  , ent  <s201)>, not made, 

being of one substance( omoousion  , 

consubstantialem) with the Father. By whom all things were made, 

both which be in heaven and in earth. Who for us men and for our 

salvation came down [from heaven] and was incarnate and was made 

man. He suffered and the third day he rose again, and ascended into 

heaven. And he shall come again to judge both the quick and the dead. 

And [we believe] in the Holy Ghost. And whosoever shall say that 

there was a time when the Son of God was not ( hn   

 pote    ote    ouk   

 h    n  ), or that before he was begotten 

he was not, or that he was made of things that were not, or that he is of 

a different substance or essence [from the Father] or that he is a 

creature, or subject to change or conversion()--all that so say, the 

Catholic and Apostolic Church anathematizes them.

NOTES

The Creed of Eusebius of Caesarea, which he presented to the council, 

and which some suppose to have suggested the creed finally adopted.

(Found in his Epistle to his diocese; vide: St. Athanasius and 

Theodoret.)

We believe in one only God, Father Almighty, Creator of things 

visible and invisible; and in the Lord Jesus Christ, for he is the Word 

of God, God of God, Light of Light, life of life, his only Son, the first-

born of all creatures, begotten of the Father before all time, by whom 

also everything was created, who became flesh for our redemption, 

who lived and suffered amongst men, rose again  the third day, 

returned to the Father, and will come again one day in his glory to 

judge  the quick and the dead. We believe also in the Holy Ghost We 

believe that each of these three is and subsists; the Father truly as 

Father, the Son truly as Son, the Holy Ghost truly as Holy Ghost; as 

our Lord also said, when he sent his disciples to preach: Go and teach 

all nations, and baptize them in the name of the Father, and of the  

Son, and of the Holy Ghost.