Question 23: What is the Apostles' Creed?

 

Question 23: What is the Apostles' Creed?

 

Answer: I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth; and in Jesus Christ, His only 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 into heaven, and is seated at the right hand of God the Father Almighty; from whence He will come to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit; in the holy catholic church, the communion of saints; in the forgiveness of sins; in the resurrection of the body; and in the life everlasting. (Another creed that is respected along with the Apostles' Creed is the Nicene Creed.)

The Apostles' Creed is a confession of faith based on the Roman Creed, developed in Gaul (present-day France) around the 5th century. It was finalized in its current form in the 5th century, and in the 10th century, Otto the Great officially adopted it in the Western Church, along with the Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed. The Apostles' Creed embodies the core of the Christian faith and has been used particularly as a confession of faith at baptism. The Apostles' Creed was first written in Latin and has since been translated into various languages.

"The reason it is called the Apostles' Creed" is that, according to the legend of St. Ambrose, before the twelve apostles were filled with the Holy Spirit and set out to spread the Gospel, they each confessed one article of the framework of teachings and one article of faith to confirm the core of Christian doctrine.

The original form of the Apostles' Creed can be found in the Gospel and the Acts of the Apostles. It has been revealed that all the articles of the Apostles' Creed have biblical and apostolic origins.

However, there are differences between the Latin and English versions of the Apostles' Creed. The English version differs from the original Latin, and problems are likely to have arisen during the translation process. Therefore, it is necessary to compare the Apostles' Creed with the Latin confession of faith to understand its intended meaning, how errors in translation can distort the overall flow, and examine the problems inherent in the Apostles' Creed.

 

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