Kredo ni Atanasio

Whoever desires to be saved
must above all hold the Catholic faith;
for unless one preserves this faith whole and inviolate,
one will undoubtedly perish forever.

Now the Catholic faith is this:
that we worship one God in Trinity,
and Trinity in unity;

neither confusing the persons
nor dividing the substance.

For the person of the Father is one,
that of the Son another,
that of the Holy Spirit still another;

but the divinity of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit
is one, their glory equal,
their majesty coeternal.

Such as the Father is, such is the Son,
such is the Holy Spirit;

the Father is uncreated, the Son is uncreated,
the Holy Spirit is uncreated;

the Father is infinite, the Son is infinite,
the Holy Spirit is infinite;

the Father is eternal, the Son is eternal,
the Holy Spirit is eternal;

and yet there are not three eternal beings,
but one eternal being;

just as there are not three uncreated or three infinite beings,
but one uncreated and one infinite being.

In the same way, the Father is almighty,
the Son is almighty,
the Holy Spirit is almighty;

and yet there are not three almighty beings,
but one almighty being.

Thus the Father is God, the Son is God,
the Holy Spirit is God;

and yet there are not three gods,
but one God.

Thus the Father is Lord, the Son is Lord,
the Holy Spirit is Lord;

and yet there are not three lords,
but one Lord.

For just as we are compelled
by Christian truth
to acknowledge each person individually
as God and Lord,
so we are forbidden by the Catholic religion
to say there are three gods or three lords.

The Father was made by no one,
nor created, nor begotten.

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.

So there is one Father, not three fathers;
one Son, not three sons;
one Holy Spirit, not three holy spirits.

And in this Trinity nothing is before or after,
nothing is greater or less;
but all three persons
are coeternal and coequal with one another;

so that in every way, as stated above,
both Trinity in unity
and unity in Trinity are to be worshipped.

Whoever therefore desires to be saved
must think thus about the Trinity.

But it is also necessary for eternal salvation
that one faithfully believe
in the incarnation of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Now the right faith is this:
that we believe and confess
that our Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God,
is both God and man.

He is God, begotten of the substance of the Father
before all ages,
and he is man, born of the substance of his mother
in this present age;

perfect God and perfect man,
composed 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 not two, but one Christ;

one, however, not by the conversion of divinity into flesh,
but by the assumption of humanity into God;

one altogether, not by confusion of substance,
but by unity of person.

For just as a rational soul and flesh are one man,
so God and man are one Christ.

He suffered for our salvation,
descended into hell,
rose again the third day from the dead;

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 his coming all people
will rise again with their bodies
and will give an account of their own deeds.

And those who have done good will enter into eternal life,
and those who have done evil into eternal fire.

This is the Catholic faith;
unless one believes it faithfully and firmly,
one cannot be saved.

Amen.