“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 Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried; he descended into hell; the third day he rose again from the dead; he ascended into heaven, sitteth at the right hand of God the Father almighty; from thence he shall come to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Ghost; the holy Catholic church; the communion of saints; the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body; and life everlasting. AMEN.” It is doubtful who composed the above Creed. It was not in common use in the church until the end of the fifth century. See _King’s History of the Apostles’ Creed_. The Symbol, Or Creed Of St. Athanasius. “Whosoever will be saved, before all things it is necessary that he hold the Catholic faith; “Which faith except every one do keep entire and inviolate, without doubt he shall perish everlastingly. “Now, the Catholic faith is this—that we worship one God in Trinity, and Trinity in Unity. “Neither confounding the persons, nor dividing the substance. “For one is the person of the Father, another of the Son, another of the Holy Ghost. “But the Godhead of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, is all one, the glory equal, the majesty co-eternal. “Such as the Father is, such is the Son, and such is the Holy Ghost. “The Father is uncreated, the Son is uncreated, and the Holy Ghost uncreated. “The Father incomprehensible, the Son incomprehensible, and the Holy Ghost incomprehensible. “The Father eternal, the Son eternal, and the Holy Ghost eternal. “And yet they are not three Eternals, but one Eternal. “As also they are not three Uncreated, nor three Incomprehensibles; but one Uncreated, and one Incomprehensible. “In like manner, the Father is almighty, the Son almighty, and the Holy Ghost almighty. “And yet they are not three Almighties, but one Almighty. “So the Father is God, the Son is God, and the Holy Ghost is God. “And yet they are not three Gods, but one God. “So likewise the Father is Lord, the Son is Lord, and the Holy Ghost is Lord. “And yet they are not three Lords, but one Lord, “For, as we are compelled by the Christian truth to acknowledge every person by himself to be God and Lord, “So we are forbidden by the Catholic religion to say there are three Gods or three Lords. “The Father is made of no one, neither created nor begotten. “The Son is from the Father alone, not made, nor created, but begotten. “The Holy Ghost is from the Father and the Son, not made, nor created, nor begotten, but proceeding.