Ich glewbe yn eynen Gott

The Triune God and the Work of Redemption

This section confesses faith in the Father as Creator and the Son's incarnation, suffering, and resurrection.

I believe in one God, the almighty Father, creator of heaven and earth. And in Jesus Christ, his and our only Lord.¹ Who was conceived by the Holy Spirit. Born of the Virgin Mary. He suffered under Pontius Pilate. He was crucified, died, and was buried. He descended into hell.² On the third day he rose from the dead.

The Exalted Lord and the Life of the Church

This section covers Christ's ascension and judgment, followed by the confession of the Holy Spirit and the gifts of the Church.

He ascended into heaven. He sits at the right hand of God, the almighty Father. From there he will come to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit. The holy Christian Church, the communion of saints. The forgiveness of sins. The resurrection of the dead and eternal life. Amen.

Read the original Latin

Ich glewbe yn eynen Gott vatern almechtig schepffern hymels vnd der erden. Vnd yn Jesum Christum seynen vnd vnsern eynigen herren. Der entpfangen yst vom heylgen geyste. Geboren auß Marien der yungfrawen. Gelitten hatt vnter Pontio Pilato. Gecreutziget / gestorben / vnd begraben. Absteyg zu den hellen. Am dritten tag aufferstundt vonn todten.

Aufffur zu hymmel. Sytzt zu der rechten Gots des almechtigen vatters. Daruon er zukunfftig yst zu richten die lebendigen vnd dy todten. Ich glewb ynn heylgen geyst. Die heylgen Christenliche Kirche Gemeinschafft der heiligen. Nachlassung der sunde. Aufferstehung der todten / vnd das ewig leben Amen.

Notes

1 ↩The source explicitly says “his and our only Lord,” with “his” referring back to God the Father.
2 ↩The historical German “zu den hellen” expresses the traditional creedal descent into hell.

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