The Apostles' Creed
(third-fourth centuries A.D.)

I believe in God the father Almighty; Maker 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, dead and buried; the third day he rose from the dead; he ascended into heaven; and sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty; from where he shall come to judge the quick and the dead.

I believe in the Holy Spirit; the holy catholic [i.e. universal] Church; the communion of saints; the forgiveness of sins; the resurrection of the body; and the life everlasting. Amen.