The Apostolic Creed

The Eastern Form of the Apostolic Creed

Sources

8. St. Justin Martyr. See above [n. 1]

Coptic Apostolic Constitutions (Constitutiones Apostolicae Copticae) or the Constitutions of the Egyptian Church in Funk, Didasc. et Const. Apost. II (1905) 97 ff., show the Apostolic Tradition (Paradosis) of Hippolytus (on which see above n. 2-3) in the Orient also changed as a creed. Therefore, it seems to be a witness also for the eastern form of the Apostolic Creed.

Text

[of Saint Cyril of Jerusalem]¹

9. 1a. We believe in one God the Father Almighty
b. The creator of heaven and earth
c. and of all things visible and invisible
2a. and in one Lord Jesus Christ the only begotten Son of God
b. who was begotten of the Father
c. true God
d. before all ages
e. by whom all things were made
3a. (who for our salvation)
b. was made flesh (of the Holy Spirit and Mary the virgin) and was made man
4a. was crucified (under Pontius Pilate) and was buried
b.
5a. arose on the third day
b. (according to the Scriptures)
6a. and ascended into heaven
b. and sits at the right hand of the Father
7a. and comes in glory to judge the living and the dead
b. of whose kingdom there will be no end
8a. and in one Holy Spirit the Paraclete
b.
c.
d.
e. who spoke among the prophets