The Logos and the Creed
Of God, through whom all things that came into being came to be, just as the Gospel testifies saying, 'In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. All things through him came to be, and without him nothing came into being' (John 1:1-3). This is the Word about whom also Luke the evangelist testifies saying, 'just as we were handed down by those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and servants of the Word' (Luke 1:2). Concerning this also David said, 'My heart has searched out a good word' (Psalm 40:8). So also our Lord Jesus Christ teaches us through the Gospel saying, 'I went out from the Father and I have come' (John 16:28).
This one, having descended 'in the last days' (Matthew 28:20) for our salvation and having been born of the virgin Mary, took upon himself the man.
I believe therefore in God the almighty; and in Christ Jesus his son, the only-begotten, our Lord, born of the Holy Spirit and Mary the virgin, crucified under Pontius Pilate, buried, and risen from the dead on the third days and sitting at the right hand of the Father, from where he comes to judge the living and the dead; and in the Holy Spirit, the holy church, the forgiveness of sins, the flesh...
Greek
θεοῦ, δι' οὗ [τὰ] πάντα τὰ γενόμενα γέγονε καθὼς τὸ Εὐαγγέλιον μαρτυρεῖ λέγον "ἐν ἀρχῇ ἦν ὁ λόγος, καὶ ὁ λόγος ἦν πρὸς τὸν θεόν, καὶ θεὸς ἦν ὁ λόγος. πάντα δι' αὐτοῦ ἐγένετο, καὶ χωρὶς αὐτοῦ ἐγένετο οὐδὲ ἕν". οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ λόγος περὶ οὗ καὶ Λουκᾶς ὁ εὐαγγελιστὴς μαρτυρεῖ λέγων "καθὼς παρέδωκαν ἡμῖν οἱ ἀπ' ἀρχῆς αὐτόπται καὶ ὑπηρέται γενόμενοι τοῦ λόγου". περὶ τούτου καὶ ∆αυὶδ ἔφη "ἐξηρεύξατο ἡ καρδία μου λόγον ἀγαθόν". οὕτω καὶ ὁ κύριος ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦς Χριστὸς ἡμᾶς διδάσκει διὰ τοῦ Εὐαγγελίου λέγων "ἐγὼ ἐκ τοῦ πατρὸς ἐξῆλθον καὶ ἥκω". οὗτος "ἐπ' ἐσχάτων τῶν ἡμερῶν" κατελθὼν διὰ τὴν ἡμετέραν σωτηρίαν καὶ ἐκ τῆς παρθένου Μαρίας γεννηθεὶς τὸν ἄνθρωπον ἔλαβε. πιστεύω οὖν εἰς θεὸν παντοκράτορα· καὶ εἰς Χριστὸν Ἰησοῦν τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ τὸν μονογενῆ, τὸν κύριον ἡμῶν, τὸν γεννηθέντα ἐκ πνεύματος ἁγίου καὶ Μαρίας τῆς παρθένου, τὸν ἐπὶ Ποντίου Πιλάτου σταυρωθέντα καὶ ταφέντα καὶ τῇ τρίτῃ ἡμέρᾳ ἀναστάντα ἐκ τῶν νεκρῶν, ἀναβάντα εἰς τοὺς οὐρανοὺς καὶ καθήμενον ἐν δεξιᾷ τοῦ πατρός, ὅθεν ἔρχεται κρίνειν ζῶντας καὶ νεκρούς· καὶ εἰς τὸ ἅγιον πνεῦμα, ἁγίαν ἐκκλησίαν, ἄφεσιν ἁμαρτιῶν, σαρκὸς
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Deposed in the East, cleared in Rome: fragments of the bishop who fought Arianism hardest.
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