The Credo is a recitation of the Nicene Creed, a list of key beliefs originally compiled at the First Council of Nicaea (now in Turkey) in the 4th century AD. As with the Gloria, the length of the text lends itself to natural breaks in the chant. The Credo was the last Ordinary chant to be added to the Mass, so there are relatively few different Credo melodies in the Gregorian tradition.



Credo in unum Deum,

Patrem omnipotentem,

factorem cæli et terræ,

visibilium omnium et invisibilium.



Et in unum Dominum, Jesum Christum,

Filium Dei unigenitum,

et ex Patre natum ante omnia sæcula.

Deum de Deo, lumen de lumine, Deum verum de Deo vero,

genitum, non factum, consubstantialem Patri:

per quem omnia facta sunt.



Qui propter nos homines et propter nostram salutem

descendit de cælis.

Et incarnatus est de Spiritu Sancto

ex Maria Virgine, et homo factus est.



Crucifixus etiam pro nobis sub Pontio Pilato;

passus et sepultus est,

et resurrexit tertia die, secundum Scripturas,

et ascendit in cælum, sedet ad dexteram Patris.

Et iterum ventirus est cum gloria,

judicare vivos et mortuos,

cujus regni non erit finis.



Et in Spíritum Sanctum, Dominum et vivificantem:

qui ex Patre Filióque procedit.

Qui cum Patre et Filio simul adoratur et conglorificatur:

qui locutus est per prophetas.



Et unam, sanctam, catholicam et apostolicam Ecclesiam.

Confíteor unum baptisma in remissionem peccatorum.

Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum,

et vitam venturi sæculi. Amen.





I believe in one God,

the Father almighty,

maker of heaven and earth,

of all things visible and invisible.



I believe in one Lord Jesus Christ,

the Only Begotten Son of God,

born of the Father before all ages.

God from God, Light from Light,

true God from true God,

begotten, not made, consubstantial with the Father;

through him all things were made.



For us men and for our salvation

he came down from heaven,

and by the Holy Spirit was incarnate of the Virgin Mary,

and became man.



For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate,

he suffered death and was buried,

and rose again on the third day

in accordance with the Scriptures.

He ascended into heaven

and is seated at the right hand of the Father.

He will come again in glory

to judge the living and the dead

and his kingdom will have no end.



I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life,

who proceeds from the Father and the Son,

who with the Father and the Son is adored and glorified,

who has spoken through the prophets.



I believe in one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church.

I confess one baptism for the forgiveness of sins,

and I look forward to the resurrection of the dead,

and the life of the world to come. Amen.

