It is given in the Bible in two slightly different versions (Matt. The next prayer in the rosary-the Our Father or Pater Noster (from its opening words in Latin), also known as the Lord’s Prayer-is even more acceptable to Protestants because Jesus himself taught it to his disciples. This is despite the fact that the term “Catholic” was already used to refer to a particular, visible Church by the second century and had already lost its broader meaning of “universal.” The Lord’s Prayer Protestants typically reinterpret this to refer to an “invisible church” consisting of all “true believers” in Jesus. For instance, we refer to “the holy Catholic Church,” meaning a particular, identifiable Church on earth. Traditional Protestants are able to recite the Apostles’ Creed without qualms, though to some lines they must give meanings different from those given by Catholics, who composed the creed. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy Catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. From thence he shall come to judge the living and the dead. He ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father. The third day he arose again from the dead. “I believe in God, the Father Almighty, Creator 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, died, and was buried. 125, and the present form dates from the 400s.

The original form of the creed came into use around A.D.

The Apostles’ Creed is so called not because it was composed by the apostles themselves, but because it expresses their teachings.

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