The Old Roman Creed (also known as the Old Roman Symbol) is an earlier and shorter version of the Apostles’ Creed. Scholars believe that it dates from the 2nd century, and served as an interrogatory declaration of faith for those receiving baptism. (Though the name “Apostles’ Creed” appears in a letter of St. Ambrose (c. 390), what is now known as the Apostles’ Creed is first quoted in its present form in the early 8th century.)
I believe in God the Father almighty; and in Christ Jesus His only Son, our Lord, who was born of the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary, who under Pontius Pilate was crucified and buried, on the third day rose again from the dead, ascended to heaven, sits at the right hand of the Father, whence He will come to judge the living and the dead; and in the Holy Spirit, the holy Church, the remission of sins, the resurrection of the flesh, and the life everlasting.
