Third Creed of Antioch (CPG 8558)
| Reference: | CPG 8558, 2128.9 |
| Incipit: | Οἶδεν ὁ θεός |
| Council: | Antioch |
| Date: | 341 |
| Ancient Source: | Athanasius, De Synodis, 24 |
| Modern Edition: | Hahn, Bibliothek der Symbole und Glaubensregeln der Alten Kirche (Breslau: E. Morgenstern, 1897), 186-7. |
| English Translation: | NPNF2 vol. 4, p. 461-2, adapted for FCC by SMT and LR |
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| Greek | English |
| Οἶδεν ὁ θεός, ὃν μάρτυρα καλῶ ἐπὶ τὴν ἐμὴν ψυχήν, ὅτι οὕτως πιστεύω· εἰς θεὸν πατέρα παντοκράτορα, τὸν τῶν ὅλων κτίστην καὶ ποιητήν, ἐξ οὗ τὰ πάντα, | God knows, whom I call as a witness upon my soul, that I so believe: in God the Father Almighty, the Creator and Maker of the universe, from whom are all things. |
| καὶ εἰς τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ τὸν μονογενῆ, θεόν, λόγον, δύναμιν καὶ σοφίαν, τὸν κύριον ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦν Χριστόν, δι’ οὗ τὰ πάντα, τὸν γεννηθέντα ἐκ τοῦ πατρὸς πρὸ τῶν αἰώνων, θεὸν τέλειον ἐκ θεοῦ τελείου καὶ ὄντα πρὸς τὸν θεὸν ἐν ὑποστάσει, ἐπ’ ἐσχάτων δὲ τῶν ἡμερῶν κατελθόντα καὶ γεννηθέντα ἐκ τῆς παρθένου κατὰ τὰς γραφάς, ἐνανθρωπήσαντα, παθόντα καὶ ἀναστάντα ἀπὸ τῶν νεκρῶν καὶ ἀνελθόντα εἰς τοὺς οὐρανοὺς καὶ καθεσθέντα ἐκ δεξιῶν τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ καὶ πάλιν ἐρχόμενον μετὰ δόξης καὶ δυνάμεως κρῖναι ζῶντας καὶ νεκροὺς καὶ μένοντα εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας. | And in his Only-Begotten Son, God, Word, Power, and Wisdom, our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom are all things; who has been begotten from the Father before the ages, perfect God from perfect God, and was with God in subsistence, and in the last days descended, and was born of the virgin according to the scriptures, and was made man, and suffered, and rose again from the dead, and ascended into the heavens, and sat down on the right hand of his Father, and will come again with glory and power to judge the living and the dead, and he will remain forever. |
| καὶ εἰς τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον, τὸν παράκλητον, τὸπνεῦματῆς ἀληθείας, ὃ καὶ διὰ τοῦ προφήτου ἐπηγγείλατο ὁ θεὸς ἐκχέειν ἐπὶ τοὺς ἑαυτοῦ δούλους καὶ ὁ κύριος ἐπηγγείλατο πέμψαι τοῖς ἑαυτοῦ μαθηταῖς, ὃ καὶ ἔπεμψεν, ὡς αἱ Πράξεις τῶν Ἀποστόλων μαρτυροῦσιν. | And in the Holy Spirit, the Paraclete, “the Spirit of Truth” [John 15:26], which God also promised by his prophet to pour out [Joel 2:28] upon his servants, and the Lord promised to send to his disciples, which also he sent, as the Acts of the Apostles witness. |
| εἰ δέ τις παρὰ ταύτην τὴν πίστιν διδάσκει ἢ ἔχει ἐν ἑαυτῷ, ἀνάθεμα ἔστω. καὶ (κατὰ) Μαρκέλλου τοῦ Ἀγκύρας ἢ Σαβελλίου ἢ Παύλου τοῦ Σαμοσατέως· ἀνάθεμα ἔστω καὶ αὐτὸς καὶ πάντες οἱ κοινωνοῦντες αὐτῷ. | But if anyone teaches, or holds in his mind, anything besides this faith, let him be anathema; or with Marcellus of Ancyra, or Sabellius, or Paul of Samosata, let him be anathema, both himself and those who communicate with him. |
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