Credo

I believe in One God the Father: Who exists of Himself without cause, the Almighty Maker of all things visible and invisible, Who created a good and orderly Nature, Who in this creation revealed His existence and character, Whose image we bear and from Whom we have life, Who entrusted Nature to the stewardship of mankind, Who is Holiness and from Whom by sin mankind separated itself and Nature, Who made provision for our unmerited salvation and the redemption of Nature, revealing His will through the Patriarchs and Prophets, Who by His power raised Christ from the dead and Who alone knows the time appointed for Christ’s return.

I believe in One God the Son: Who was begotten from all eternity and not made, Who is in nature truly God being one with the Father, Who is glorified above all, through Whom all things were made and through Whom we have life, our one Lord and King, Jesus Christ: Who was born in the flesh of the Virgin Mary, to Whose authority Nature itself submitted, Who lived without fault in obedience to the Father that His disciples might know the invisible God, Who died on the cross that we might be justified before the Father and Who rose again on the third day that we might have life, He ascended into heaven where He sits at the right hand of the Father and He will return at the appointed time to judge the living and the dead.

I believe in One God, the Holy Spirit: through Whom the will of God was revealed to the Prophets, by Whom Christ was conceived, by Whose witness the ministry of our Lord and King, Jesus Christ was vindicated, with Whom we are baptized, Who is sent in power to those who believe, Who empowered the Apostles as faithful witnesses to the truth revealed, Who is the true and faithful presence of God in every believer, by Whom we are all bound together to our Lord and King, Jesus Christ, and through Whose power we are sanctified.

I believe in one Body of Christ, the holy catholic Church: without division, united in love and fellowship through the indwelling of the Spirit, and set apart by the Father for His glory, commissioned by our Lord and King, Jesus Christ to act in His name, commanded by Him to make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

I believe that through sincere repentance and the confession of Jesus Christ as Lord and King my sins are forgiven, that by baptism into His church and through the holy Eucharist I participate in His death and resurrection, that the Holy Spirit dwells within me, that in the power of the Spirit and the authority of the Church I live by serving our Lord and King, Jesus Christ, and that on the appointed day, be I awake or asleep, I will know Christ as He is and be transformed through that knowledge into His likeness and attain the life everlasting.

Amen.

I declare this truth in which I believe and for which I live.

Revised July 17, 2008.