Enchiridion of Creeds and Definitions (Denzinger)

1. I believe in God, the Father almighty; 2. and in Christ Jesus, His only-begotten Son, our Lord, 3. who was born of the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary, 4. a. was crucified by Pontius Pilate, and was buried; b. 5. the third day He arose again from the dead; 6. a. He ascended into heaven, b. sits at the right hand of the Father, 7. whence He is coming to judge the living and the dead; 8. and in the Holy Spirit, 9. a. the holy [Church,] b. 10. a. b. the forgiveness of sins, 11. the resurrection of the body. Amen. [According to the Psalter of Aethelstane] 1. I believe in God the Father almighty 2. and in Christ Jesus, His only begotten Son, our Lord 3. born of the Holy Spirit and Mary the virgin 4. a. was crucified by Pontius Pilate and was buried b. 5. the third day He arose again from the dead 6. a. He ascended into heaven b. sits at the right hand of the Father 7. whence He is coming to judge the living and the dead 8. and in the Holy Spirit 9. a. the holy [Church] b. 10. a. b. the forgiveness of sins 11. the resurrection of the body. Amen. 12. B.[ The following] show a fixed form of the Creed.

1. a. We believe in one God the Father Almighty b. The creator of heaven and earth c. and of all things visible and invisible 2. a. and in one Lord Jesus Christ the only begotten Son of God b. who was begotten of the Father c. true God d. before all ages e. by whom all things were made 3. a. (who for our salvation) b. was made flesh (of the Holy Spirit and Mary the virgin) and was made man 4. a. was crucified (under Pontius Pilate) and was buried b. 5. a. arose on the third day b. (according to the Scriptures 6. a. and ascended into heaven b. and sits at the right hand of the Father 7. a. and comes in glory to judge the living and the dead b. of whose kingdom there will be no end 8. a. and in one Holy Spirit the Paraclete b. c. d. e. who spoke among the prophets 9 * . and one holy [Catholic] church 10. a. and in one baptism of repentance b. in the dismissal of sins 11. and in the resurrection of the flesh 12. and in life everlasting

We believe in one God, the father almighty, the creator of all things invisible and visible; and in one lord Jesus Christ, the son of God, the only begotten born of God the father, that is of the substance of the Father, God of God, light of light, true God of true God, begotten not made, consubstantial to the father, by whom all things were made, both those in heaven and those on earth, both visible and invisible, who for us melt and for our salvation came down and became man, that is was completely born of holy Mary ever-virgin by the Holy Spirit, was made man, that is, assumed perfect human nature, soul and body and mind, and all whatever is man except sin, not from the seed of man nor by means of man, but having fashioned unto himself a body into one holy unity; not as he lived in the prophets and talked and worked in them, but became man completely ("for the word was made flesh," he did not submit to an alteration, nor did he change his own divine nature into human nature); he combined both the divine nature and the human into the only holy perfection of himself; (for there is one Lord Jesus Christ, and not two; the same God, the same Lord, the same King); but the same suffered in the flesh and arose again and ascended into heaven with the very body and sits in glory at the right hand of the Father, in that very body he is coming in glory to judge the living and the dead; of whose kingdom there shall be no end:-and we believe in the Holy Spirit who spoke in the law, and taught by the prophets, and descended to the Jordan, spoke by the Apostles, and lives in the saints; thus we believe in him: that he is the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of God, the perfect Spirit, the Spirit Paraclete, uncreated, proceeding from the Father and receiving of the Son, in whom we believe.

Whoever wishes to be saved, needs above all to hold the Catholic faith; unless each one preserves this whole and inviolate, he will without a doubt perish in eternity. -But the Catholic faith is this, that we venerate one God in the Trinity, and the Trinity in oneness; 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 divine nature of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit is one, their glory is equal, their majesty is coeternal. Of such a nature as the Father is, so is the Son, so (also) is the Holy Spirit; the Father is uncreated, the Son is uncreated, (and) the Holy Spirit is uncreated; the Father is immense, the Son is immense, (and) the Holy Spirit is immense; the Father is eternal, the Son is eternal, (and) the Holy Spirit is eternal: and nevertheless there are not three eternals, but one eternal; just as there are not three uncreated beings, nor three infinite beings, but one uncreated, and one infinite; similarly the Father is omnipotent, the Son is omnipotent, (and) the Holy Spirit is omnipotent: and yet there are not three omnipotents, but one omnipotent; thus the Father is God, the Son is God, (and) the Holy Spirit is God; and nevertheless there 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 there are not three lords, but there is one Lord; because just as we are compelled by Christian truth to confess singly each one person as God and [and also] Lord, so we are forbidden by the Catholic religion to say there are three gods or lords. The Father was not made nor created nor begotten by anyone. The Son is from the Father alone, not made nor created, but begotten. The Holy Spirit is from the Father and the Son, not made nor created nor begotten, but proceeding. There is therefore one Father, not three Fathers; one Son, not three Sons; one Holy Spirit, not three Holy Spirits; and in this Trinity there is nothing first or later, nothing greater or less, but all three persons are coeternal and coequal with one another, so that in every respect, as has already been said above, both unity in Trinity, and Trinity in unity must be venerated. Therefore let him who wishes to be saved, think thus concerning the Trinity.