apostles creed
Summary of Christian beliefs
The Apostles' Creed is a statement of Christian belief traditionally attributed to the twelve apostles, though actually developed over the early centuries of the church.
It summarizes core doctrines—belief in God the Father, Jesus Christ's birth, death, and resurrection, the Holy Spirit, and the resurrection of the body.
Widely used in Catholic, Protestant, and Orthodox worship, it's often recited during baptisms and services: The congregation stood to recite the Apostles' Creed.
- I believeExpression of tentative conviction
- faithTrust without proof
- beliefTrust held as true
- trinityUnified set of three
- FatherMale parent or priest
Holy Spirit · resurrection · virgin · Mary · born again · Pontius Pilate · crucified · dead and buried · descended · hell · ascended · heaven · right hand · catholic · communion · saints · forgiveness · sins
- theologyecclesiology, eschatology, Christology, God, dogmatics
apostles creedapostasy
Renunciation of former beliefs
abjuration · unbelief · recantation · disavowal · atheism
apostles creedheresy
Belief opposing official doctrine
heterodoxy · apostasy · blasphemy · apocrypha
apostles creedthe Bible
Christian holy scriptures
divine revelation · Word of God · Torah · Gospel · Gospel of John