The ancient baptismal creed of the Western Church, growing from the Old Roman Creed of the 2nd century into its present form by the 8th. Said at Baptism and at the daily office.
Universal · Patristic (1st–7th c.)
The Apostles' Creed
I believe in God the Father almighty,
Maker of heaven and earth.
And in Jesus Christ, his only-begotten Son, our Lord;
who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,
born of the Virgin Mary;
suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, died, and was buried;
he descended into hell;
on the third day he rose again from the dead;
he ascended to heaven,
and sits at the right hand of God the Father almighty;
from there he will come to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit;
the holy catholic Church,
the communion of saints;
the forgiveness of sins;
the resurrection of the body;
and the life everlasting. Amen.