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Creeds (Apostles', Nicene, Athanasian) 1

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1:1

Symbolum Apostolorum Credo in Deum Patrem omnipotentem, Creatorem caeli et terrae. Et in Iesum Christum, Filium eius unicum, Dominum nostrum, qui conceptus est de Spiritu Sancto, natus ex Maria Virgine, passus sub Pontio Pilato, crucifixus, mortuus, et sepultus, descendit ad inferos, tertia die resurrexit a mortuis, ascendit ad caelos, sedet ad dexteram Dei Patris omnipotentis, inde venturus est iudicare vivos et mortuos. Credo in Spiritum Sanctum, sanctam Ecclesiam catholicam, sanctorum communionem, remissionem peccatorum, carnis resurrectionem, vitam aeternam. Amen. Quicumque . . . Quicumque vult salvus esse, ante omnia opus est, ut teneat catholicam fidem:

The Apostles' Creed. I believe in God the Father almighty, Creator 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 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 flesh, and life everlasting. Amen. Whosoever . . . Whosoever wishes to be saved, before all things it is needful that he hold the catholic faith:

使徒信經。我信神，全能的父，創造天地的主。我信耶穌基督，神的獨生子，我們的主；祂因聖靈成孕，由童女馬利亞所生，在本丟彼拉多手下受難，被釘十字架，死了，葬了；祂降到陰間，第三天從死人中復活；祂升天，坐在全能父神的右邊；將來必從那裡降臨，審判活人死人。我信聖靈；我信聖而公之教會；我信聖徒相通；我信罪得赦免；我信身體復活；我信永生。阿們。凡人……凡願意得救的人，首先必須持守大公的信仰：

1:2

Quam nisi quisque integram inviolatamque servaverit, absque dubio in aeternam peribit. Fides autem catholica haec est: ut unum Deum in Trinitate, et Trinitatem in unitate veneremur. Neque confundentes personas, neque substantiam seperantes. Alia est enim persona Patris alia Filii, alia Spiritus Sancti: Sed Patris, et Fili, et Spiritus Sancti una est divinitas, aequalis gloria, coeterna maiestas. Qualis Pater, talis Filius, talis Spiritus Sanctus. Increatus Pater, increatus Filius, increatus Spiritus Sanctus. Immensus Pater, immensus Filius, immensus Spiritus Sanctus. Aeternus Pater, aeternus Filius, aeternus Spiritus Sanctus. Et tamen non tres aeterni, sed unus aeternus.

Which faith, unless a man keep it whole and undefiled, without doubt he shall perish eternally. Now the catholic faith is this: that we worship one God in Trinity, and the Trinity in unity; neither confounding the persons, nor dividing the substance. For there is one person of the Father, another of the Son, and another of the Holy Spirit. But the divinity of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit is one, the glory equal, the majesty coeternal. Such as the Father is, such is the Son, and such is the Holy Spirit. The Father uncreated, the Son uncreated, and the Holy Spirit uncreated. The Father immeasurable, the Son immeasurable, and the Holy Spirit immeasurable. The Father eternal, the Son eternal, and the Holy Spirit eternal. And yet they are not three eternals, but one eternal.

這信仰，人若不完整地、無瑕地持守，必定永遠沉淪。大公的信仰乃是這樣：我們敬拜三位一體中的獨一真神，並在合一中的三位一體；既不混淆位格，也不分裂本體。因為父是一個位格，子是另一個位格，聖靈又是另一個位格；然而父、子、聖靈的神性乃是一個，榮耀同等，威嚴同樣永恆。父怎樣，子也怎樣，聖靈也怎樣。父非受造，子非受造，聖靈也非受造。父是無限的，子是無限的，聖靈也是無限的。父是永恆的，子是永恆的，聖靈也是永恆的。然而並非三位永恆者，乃是一位永恆者。

1:3

Sicut non tres increati, nec tres immensi, sed unus increatus, et unus immensus. Similiter omnipotens Pater, omnipotens Filius, omnipotens Spiritus Sanctus. Et tamen non tres omnipotentes, sed unus omnipotens. Ita Deus Pater, Deus Filius, Deus Spiritus Sanctus. Et tamen non tres dii, sed unus est Deus. Ita Dominus Pater, Dominus Filius, Dominus Spiritus Sanctus. Et tamen non tres Domini, sed unus est Dominus. Quia, sicut singillatim unamquamque personam Deum ac Dominum confiteri christiana veritate compelimur: ita tres Deos aut Dominos dicere catholica religione prohibemur. Pater a nullo est factus: nec creatus, nec genitus. Filius a Patre solo est: non factus, nec creatus, sed genitus.

As there are not three uncreated, nor three immeasurable, but one uncreated and one immeasurable. Likewise the Father is almighty, the Son almighty, and the Holy Spirit almighty. And yet they are not three almighties, but one almighty. So the Father is God, the Son is God, and the Holy Spirit is God. And yet they are not three Gods, but there is one God. So the Father is Lord, the Son is Lord, and the Holy Spirit is Lord. And yet they are not three Lords, but there is one Lord. For just as we are compelled by Christian truth to confess each person singly to be God and Lord, so we are forbidden by the catholic religion to speak of three Gods or three Lords. The Father is made by none: neither created nor begotten. The Son is from the Father alone: not made, nor created, but begotten.

正如並非三位非受造者，也非三位無限者，乃是一位非受造者、一位無限者。照樣，父是全能的，子是全能的，聖靈是全能的；然而並非三位全能者，乃是一位全能者。照樣，父是神，子是神，聖靈是神；然而並非三位神，乃是一位神。照樣，父是主，子是主，聖靈是主；然而並非三位主，乃是一位主。因為我們既被基督的真理所迫，必須各別承認每一位都是神、是主，照樣我們也被大公的信仰所禁止，不可說有三位神或三位主。父不是由任何而出的：既非受造，也非被生。子是單單從父而出的：非受造，非被造，乃是被生的。

1:4

Spiritus Sanctus a Patre et Filio: non factus, nec creatus, nec genitus, sed procedens. Unus ergo Pater, non tres Patres: unus Filius, non tres Filii: unus Spiritus Sanctus, non tres Spiritus Sancti. Et in hac Trinitate nihil prius aut posterius, nihil maius aut minus: sed totae tres personae coaeternae sibi sunt et coaequales. Ita ut per omnia, sicut iam supra dictum est, et unitas in Trinitate, et Trinitas in unitate veneranda sit. Qui vult ergo salvus esse, ita de Trinitate sentiat. Sed necessarium est ad aeternam salutem, ut incarnationem quoque Domini nostri Iesu Christi fideliter credat.

The Holy Spirit is from the Father and the Son: not made, nor created, nor begotten, but proceeding. So there is one Father, not three Fathers; one Son, not three Sons; one Holy Spirit, not three Holy Spirits. And in this Trinity there is nothing before or after, nothing greater or less; but all three persons are coeternal together and coequal. So that in all things, as has already been said above, both the unity in the Trinity, and the Trinity in the unity, is to be worshiped. He therefore who wishes to be saved, let him think thus of the Trinity. But it is necessary to eternal salvation that he also faithfully believe in the incarnation of our Lord Jesus Christ.

聖靈是從父和子而出的：非受造，非被造，非被生，乃是發出的。所以只有一位父，並非三位父；一位子，並非三位子；一位聖靈，並非三位聖靈。在這三位一體中，沒有在先或在後，沒有更大或更小；乃是三個位格全然彼此同永恆、同等。所以正如上面已經說過的，在凡事上，都當敬拜三位一體中的合一，與合一中的三位一體。所以凡願意得救的人，當這樣思想三位一體。但為了得著永遠的救恩，他也必須忠心相信我們主耶穌基督的道成肉身。

1:5

Est ergo fides recta ut credamus et confiteamur, quia Dominus noster Iesus Christus, Dei Filius, Deus et homo est. Deus est ex substantia Patris ante saecula genitus: et homo est ex substantia matris in saeculo natus. Perfectus Deus, perfectus homo: ex anima rationali et humana carne subsistens. Aequalis Patri secundum divinitatem: minor Patre secundum humanitatem. Qui licet Deus sit et homo, non duo tamen, sed unus est Christus. Unus autem non conversione divinitatis in carnem, sed assumptione humanitatis in Deum. Unus omnino, non confusione substantiae, sed unitate personae. Nam sicut anima rationalis et caro unus est homo: ita Deus et homo unus est Christus.

It is therefore the right faith, that we believe and confess that our Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, is God and man. He is God, begotten of the substance of the Father before the ages; and he is man, born of the substance of his mother in this age. Perfect God, perfect man, subsisting of a rational soul and human flesh. Equal to the Father according to his divinity; less than the Father according to his humanity. Who, although he is God and man, is nevertheless not two, but one Christ. One, however, not by conversion of the divinity into flesh, but by the assumption of humanity into God. Wholly one, not by confusion of substance, but by unity of person. For just as the rational soul and the flesh are one man, so God and man are one Christ.

所以正確的信仰乃是：我們相信並承認，我們的主耶穌基督，神的兒子，是神也是人。祂是神，在諸世代之先從父的本體被生；祂也是人，在這世代從祂母親的本體而生。完全的神，完全的人，由理性的魂與屬人的肉身所組成。按神性說，祂與父同等；按人性說，祂小於父。祂雖是神也是人，卻不是兩位，乃是一位基督。然而祂為一位，並非藉神性轉變為肉身，乃是藉人性被取入神裡。祂全然為一，並非藉本體的混合，乃是藉位格的合一。因為正如理性的魂與肉身是一個人，照樣神與人乃是一位基督。

1:6

Qui passus est pro salute nostra: descendit ad inferos: tertia die resurrexit a mortuis. Ascendit ad caelos, sedet ad dexteram Dei Patris omnipotentis: inde venturus est iudicare vivos et mortuos. Ad cuius adventum omnes homines resurgere habent cum corporibus suis: et reddituri sunt de factis propriis rationem. Et qui bona egerunt, ibunt in vitam aeternam: qui vero mala, in ignem aeternum. Haec est fides catholica, quam nisi quisque fideliter firmiterque crediderit, salvus esse non poterit. Amen. Symbolum Nicaenum Pristinum Credo in unum Deum, Patrem omnipotentem, factorem caeli et terrae, visibilium omnium et invisibilium.

Who suffered for our salvation, descended into hell, and on the third day rose again from the dead. He ascended into heaven, sits at the right hand of God the Father almighty; from there he will come to judge the living and the dead. At whose coming all men must rise again with their bodies, and shall give account of their own deeds. And those who have done good shall go into life everlasting; but those who have done evil, into everlasting fire. This is the catholic faith, which unless a man believe faithfully and firmly, he cannot be saved. Amen. The Old Nicene Creed. I believe in one God, the Father almighty, maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible.

祂為我們的救恩受了苦，降到陰間，第三天從死人中復活。祂升天，坐在全能父神的右邊；將來必從那裡降臨，審判活人死人。在祂降臨之時，眾人都必帶著自己的身體復活，並要為自己所行的交賬。行善的，要往永生裡去；作惡的，要往永火裡去。這就是大公的信仰，人若不忠心而堅定地相信，就不能得救。阿們。古尼西亞信經。我信獨一的神，全能的父，創造天地、並一切有形無形之物的主。

1:7

Et in unum Dominum Iesum Christum, Filium Dei unigenitum, et ex Patre natum ante omnia saecula. Deum de Deo, Lumen de Lumine, Deum verum de Deo vero, genitum non factum, consubstantialem Patri, per quem omnia facta sunt. Qui propter nos homines et propter nostram salutem descendit de caelis. Et incarnatus est de Spiritu Sancto ex Maria Virgine, et homo factus est. Crucifixus etiam pro nobis sub Pontio Pilato, passus et sepultus est, et resurrexit tertia die, secundum Scripturas, et ascendit in caelum, sedet ad dexteram Patris. Et iterum venturus est cum gloria, iudicare vivos et mortuos, cuius regni non erit finis. Et in Spiritum Sanctum, Dominum et vivificantem, qui ex Patre procedit.

And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, begotten of the Father before all ages. God of God, Light of Light, true God of true God, begotten not made, of one substance with the Father, through whom all things were made. Who for us men and for our salvation came down from heaven. And was incarnate by the Holy Spirit of the Virgin Mary, and was made man. He was also crucified for us under Pontius Pilate, suffered and was buried, and rose again on the third day according to the Scriptures, and ascended into heaven, and sits at the right hand of the Father. And he will come again with glory to judge the living and the dead, of whose kingdom there will be no end. And in the Holy Spirit, the Lord and giver of life, who proceeds from the Father.

我信獨一的主耶穌基督，神的獨生子，在萬世之先為父所生。是從神所出的神，從光所出的光，從真神所出的真神；是被生的，不是被造的，與父同質，萬物都是藉著祂造的。祂為我們世人並為我們的救恩，從天降臨。因著聖靈，由童女馬利亞成了肉身，並成為人。又在本丟彼拉多手下，為我們釘了十字架，受難、安葬；照聖經所言，第三天復活，升天，坐在父的右邊。將來必在榮耀中再臨，審判活人死人，祂的國度沒有窮盡。我信聖靈，是主，是賜生命者，是從父而出的。

1:8

Qui cum Patre et Filio simul adoratur et conglorificatur, qui locutus est per prophetas. Et unam, sanctam, catholicam et apostolicam Ecclesiam. Confiteor unum baptisma in remissionem peccatorum. Et expecto resurrectionem mortuorum, et vitam venturi saeculi. Amen. Symbolum Nicaenum Credo in unum Deum, Patrem omnipotentem, factorem caeli et terrae,visibilium omnium et invisibilium. Et in unum Dominum Iesum Christum, Filium Dei unigenitum, et ex Patre natum ante omnia saecula. Deum de Deo, Lumen de Lumine, Deum verum de Deo vero, genitum non factum, consubstantialem Patri; per quem omnia facta sunt. Qui propter nos homines et propter nostram salutem descendit de caelis.

Who together with the Father and the Son is worshiped and glorified together, who spoke through the prophets. And in one, holy, catholic, and apostolic Church. I confess one baptism for the forgiveness of sins. And I look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the age to come. Amen. The Nicene Creed. I believe in one God, the Father almighty, maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible. And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, begotten of the Father before all ages. God of God, Light of Light, true God of true God, begotten not made, of one substance with the Father; through whom all things were made. Who for us men and for our salvation came down from heaven.

祂與父和子同受敬拜，同受榮耀，並曾藉眾先知說話。我信獨一、聖潔、大公、使徒的教會。我承認為赦罪而設的獨一洗禮。我盼望死人復活，並來世的生命。阿們。尼西亞信經。我信獨一的神，全能的父，創造天地、並一切有形無形之物的主。我信獨一的主耶穌基督，神的獨生子，在萬世之先為父所生。是從神所出的神，從光所出的光，從真神所出的真神；是被生的，不是被造的，與父同質；萬物都是藉著祂造的。祂為我們世人並為我們的救恩，從天降臨。

1:9

Et incarnatus est de Spiritu Sancto ex Maria Virgine, et homo factus est. Crucifixus etiam pro nobis sub Pontio Pilato, passus et sepultus est, et resurrexit tertia die, secundum Scripturas, et ascendit in caelum, sedet ad dexteram Patris. Et iterum venturus est cum gloria, iudicare vivos et mortuos, cuius regni non erit finis. Et in Spiritum Sanctum, Dominum et vivificantem, qui ex Patre Filioque procedit. Qui cum Patre et Filio simul adoratur et conglorificatur: qui locutus est per prophetas. Et unam, sanctam, catholicam et apostolicam Ecclesiam. Confiteor unum baptisma in remissionem peccatorum. Et expecto resurrectionem mortuorum, et vitam venturi saeculi.

And was incarnate by the Holy Spirit of the Virgin Mary, and was made man. He was also crucified for us under Pontius Pilate, suffered and was buried, and rose again on the third day according to the Scriptures, and ascended into heaven, and sits at the right hand of the Father. And he will come again with glory to judge the living and the dead, of whose kingdom there will be no end. And in the Holy Spirit, the Lord and giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son. Who together with the Father and the Son is worshiped and glorified together; who spoke through the prophets. And in one, holy, catholic, and apostolic Church. I confess one baptism for the forgiveness of sins. And I look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the age to come.

因著聖靈，由童女馬利亞成了肉身，並成為人。又在本丟彼拉多手下，為我們釘了十字架，受難、安葬；照聖經所言，第三天復活，升天，坐在父的右邊。將來必在榮耀中再臨，審判活人死人，祂的國度沒有窮盡。我信聖靈，是主，是賜生命者，是從父和子而出的。祂與父和子同受敬拜，同受榮耀；並曾藉眾先知說話。我信獨一、聖潔、大公、使徒的教會。我承認為赦罪而設的獨一洗禮。我盼望死人復活，並來世的生命。

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