Re: The Early Christians: Creed, Confession and Scripture

I believe in God, the almighty (Father),
And in the Messiah Jesus, his only begotten son,
Who is ruler over us,
Who was born of the Holy Spirit and of Mary, the virgin,
Who was crucified under Pontius Pilate and was buried,
And on the third day rose from the dead,
Who ascended into the realms of heaven
And sits at the right hand of the Father,
From where he will come to judge the living and the dead,
And in the Spirit, who is holy,
One holy church,
Forgiveness of sins,
And the resurrection of the flesh. Amen.

The Roman Baptismal Confession, used in the whole East in the 
Roman version, in this form since A.D. 125-135. 

Bruderhof wrote:

> He who holds immovable in his heart the plumb line of the truth, which
> he took hold of through baptism, is able to see through all deceptions
> of false teachers.
> 
> A spiritually minded disciple has the constant help of faith in the
> one God, of firm conviction about Christ, and of true recognition of
> the Holy Spirit. This teaching of the apostles is the age-old
> fellowship of the church throughout the whole world.
> 
> The church spreads out over the whole world to the uttermost ends of
> the earth. From the apostles and their disciples she received the
> faith: in the one God, the almighty Father, creator of heaven and
> earth, the sea, and all that is in them; in the one Christ [Messiah]
> Jesus, the son of God, who for our salvation took on flesh; and in the
> Holy Spirit who through the prophets proclaimed God’s plan of
> salvation and the twofold coming of the Lord, his birth from a virgin,
> his suffering, his resurrection from the dead, the bodily ascension
> into heaven of our beloved Lord, the Christ [Messiah] Jesus, and his
> future coming from the heavens in the glory of the Father "to make all
> things new" and to raise up anew all flesh of the whole human race in
> order to execute judgment justly on all. 
> 
> Irenaeus, Against Heresies I.9.4; IV.33; 1.10.1.
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