Nicene Creed

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Originally set forth by the First Council of Nicaea in 325, it was subsequently amended 381 by First Council of Constantinople. Below is the original text of 325, with the modicifications of 381 demarcated.

Often the Creed of 381 is regarded as a simple extension of the creed of 325 - in an exact comparison though, there are some omissions (omission) and additions (addition) which are difficult to explain, if a direct relation is supposed. Additionally, there are in Greek several insignificant changes in the position of words, which do not alter the meaning. (Translation from Kelly, Early Christian Creeds)

We believe in one God, the Father, the Almighty

Maker of heaven and earth, of all that is seen and unseen.

And in one Lord, Jesus Christ,

the Son of God, eternally begotten from the father, only-begotten, that is, from the substance of the father,

God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God,

begotten not made, one in Being with the Father.

through whom all things came into being, things in heaven and things on earth.

Who because of us men and because of our salvation came down from the heaven and became incarnate

by the power of the Holy Spirit he was born of the Virgin Mary, becoming man.

For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate;

suffered and was buried.

On the third day he rose again in fulfillment of the Scriptures ||

he ascended to heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father.

He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead,

And his kingdom will have no end

And in the Holy Spirit. the Lord, the Giver of Life,

Who proceeds from the Father

With the Father and the Son he is worshipped and glorified

He has spoken through the Prophets.

We believe in one holy catholic and apostolic Church

We acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins.

We look for the resurrection of the dead,

and the life of the world to come.

But as for those who say, There was when He was not, and Before being born He was not, and that He came into existence out of nothing or who assert that the Son of God is of a different hypostasis or substance, or is subject to alteration or change - those the Catholic and apostolic Church anathematizes.