The Apostles Creed
The earliest written version of the creed is perhaps the Interrogatory
Creed of Hippolytus (c. A.D. 215).
Early Version
WE 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.