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The Western ([[Roman Catholic]]) and Eastern (Orthodox) branches of Christianity have different versions of the creed, the Western church including the much-disputed ''filioque clause.'' The Eastern version states that the Holy Spirit "proceeds from the Father," while the Western version states that it procedes "from the Father ''and the Son''" (''filioque'' in Latin). The filioque clause was the nominal reason for the [[Great Schism]] between the two branches of the Church in 1054, although political factors played a role as well.
The Western ([[Roman Catholic]]) and Eastern (Orthodox) branches of Christianity have different versions of the creed, the Western church including the much-disputed ''filioque clause.'' The Eastern version states that the Holy Spirit "proceeds from the Father," while the Western version states that it procedes "from the Father ''and the Son''" (''filioque'' in Latin). The filioque clause was the nominal reason for the [[Great Schism]] between the two branches of the Church in 1054, although political factors played a role as well.
The original form as adopted by the First Council of Nicea:
Πιστεύομεν εἰς ἕνα Θεὸν Πατέρα παντοκράτορα,
πάντων ὁρατῶν τε και ἀοράτων ποιητήν.
We believe in one God the Father and Ruler of all things,
maker of all things visible and invisible.
Πιστεύομεν εἰς ἕνα κύριον Ἰησοῦν Χριστόν,
τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ θεοῦ, γεννηθέντα ἐκ τοῦ πατρὸς μονογενῆ,
We believe in one Lord Jesus Christ,
the son of God, the only-begotten from the father
τουτέστιν ἐκ τῆς ουσίας τοῦ πατρός,
θεὸν εκ θεοῦ ἀληθινου, γεννηθέντα, οὐ ποιηθέντα,
That is to say from the essence of the father,
God from true God, begotten, not made
ὁμοούσιον τῳ πατρί
δι' οὗ τὰ πάντα ἐγένετο, τά τε ἐν τῳ ούρανῳ καὶ τὰ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς
of one essence with the father
through whom all things were made, both in heaven and over the earth
τὸν δι' ἡμᾶς τοὺς ἀνθρώπους καὶ διὰ τὴν ἡμετέραν σωτηρίαν
κατελθόντα καὶ σαρκωθέντα και ενανθρωπήσαντα,
who for us men and for our salvation
came down and was incarnate and made into man,
παθόντα, καὶ ἀναστάντα τῇ τριτῇ ἡμέρᾳ,
καὶ ἀνελθόντα εἰς τοὺς οὐρανούς,
καὶ ἐρχόμενον κρῖναι ζῶντας καὶ νεκρούς.
he suffered, and arose on the third day,
and ascended into the heavens,
and he will come to judge the living and the dead.
Καὶ εἰς τὸ Ἅγιον Πνεῦμα.
And [we believe] in the Holy Spirit
Τοὺς δὲ λέγοντας, ὁτι ἦν ποτε ὅτε οὐκ ἦν,
καὶ πρὶν γεννηθῆναι οὐκ ἦν,
But those who say that there was once when he was not,
and before he came, he did not exist,
καὶ ὅτι ἐξ ἑτέρας ὑποστάσεως ἢ οὐσίας φάσκοντας εἶναι,
[ἢ κτιστόν,] τρεπτὸν ἢ ἀλλοιωτὸν τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ θεοῦ,
and [those who say] that he comes from another substance or essence,
or that the son of God is created are alterable,
[τούτους] ἀναθεματίζει ἡ καθολικὴ [καὶ ἀποστολικὴ] ἐκκλησία.
Let them be anathema to the catholic [and apostolic] church.
One familiar English translation, that used by the Episcopal Church, reads:
One familiar English translation, that used by the Episcopal Church, reads: