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Faith Q&A › Catechism › 2. (c) Exposition of the Creed

What are the articles of the present Creed?

The answer

We can divide the Creed into fourteen articles:

In truth, we believe in One God,

God the Father, the Pantocrator, Creator of heaven and earth, and of all things seen and unseen.

We believe in One Lord, Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, begotten of the Father before all ages. Light of Light, true God of true God; begotten not created; of one essence with the Father; by whom all things were made.

Who for us men and our salvation, came down from heaven, was incarnate of the Holy Spirit and of the Virgin Mary,

And became man. And He was crucified for us under Pontius Pilate,

Suffered and was buried, and on the third day He rose from the dead according to the Scriptures.

Ascended into the heavens; He sits at the right hand of His Father,

And He is coming again in His glory to judge the living and the dead, whose kingdom shall have no end.

Yes, we believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the Giver of Life, who proceeds from the Father, who with the Father and the Son, is worshipped and glorified, who spoke by the prophets.

And in one holy, catholic (universal), and apostolic Church.

We confess one baptism, for the remission of sins.

We look for the resurrection of the dead,

And the life of the age to come.

Amen.

The First Article: “In truth, we believe in One God.”

Fr. Tadros Yacoub Malaty

Fr. Tadros Yacoub Malaty, Catechism of the Coptic Orthodox Church, Volume 1, Books 1–3. First English Edition, 2023. Published by St. George Coptic Orthodox Church, Sporting, Alexandria, and Queen St. Mary & Prince Tadros Coptic Orthodox Church, South Brunswick, NJ. Copyright © 2023. Translation and Editing: Youth of the Coptic Orthodox Church in the USA, Canada, Europe, Australia, Arabian Gulf, and Egypt.