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The Apostolic Creed

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4a. was crucified by Pontius Pilate, and was buried;
b.
5. the third day He arose again from the dead;
6a. He ascended into heaven,
b. sits at the right hand of the Father,
7. whence He is coming to judge the living and the dead;
8. and in the Holy Spirit,
9a. the holy [Church,]
b.
10a.
b. the forgiveness of sins,
11. the resurrection of the body. Amen.

[According to the Psalter of Aethelstane]

  1. I believe in God the Father almighty
  2. and in Christ Jesus, His only begotten Son, our Lord
  3. born of the Holy Spirit and Mary the virgin
    4a. was crucified by Pontius Pilate and was buried 4
    b.
  4. the third day He arose again from the dead
    6a. He ascended into heaven
    b. sits at the right hand of the Father
  5. whence He is coming to judge the living and the dead
  6. and in the Holy Spirit
    9a. the holy [Church]
    b.
    10a.
    b. the forgiveness of sins
  7. the resurrection of the body. Amen.
    12.

B. [The following] show a fixed form of the Creed.

PSALTER OF AETHELSTANE (in Greek), in the third part, written in the 4 ninth century (at the beginning perhaps) [H. sect. 18; L. 10; CspQ. III 5].— The Creed is of uncertain date, very old,* was in liturgical use.

CODEX LAUDIANUS, (E. Actium, lat.) [H. sect. 20; CspQ. III 162].—The Creed is of uncertain date, written in the seventh century.*

CODEX SWAINSON (Latin) [Swainson, The Nicene and Apostles' Creeds, London: 1875, 161; H. sect. 23]—The Creed is of uncertain date, written in the eighth century.

MARCELLUS ANCYRANUS, fourth century, bishop of Angora in Galatia of Asia Minor—Epist. ad Iulium Papam written in the year 337* (In Epiphanius, Haer. 72) [MG 42, 385 D; H. sect. 17].

PRISCILLIAN, died 385, lived at Avila in Spain.—Lib. ad Damasum tract. II*