We believe in one God, the Father Almighty, maker
of all things visible and invisible;
And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the
only-begotten of his Father, of the substance of the Father, God of
God, Light of Light, very God of very God, begotten, not made, being
of one substance [homoousion] with the Father. By whom all things
were made, both which be in heaven and in earth. Who for us humans [anthropoi]
and for our salvation came down [from heaven] and was incarnate and was
made human [anthropos]. He suffered and the third day he rose again,
and ascended into heaven. And he shall come again to judge both the quick
and the dead.
And [we believe] in the Holy Ghost.
And whosoever shall say that there was a time when
the Son of God was not, or that before he was begotten he was not, or that
he was made of things that were not, or that he is of a different substance
or essence [from the Father] or that he is a
creature, or subject to change or conversion--all that so say, the
Catholic and Apostolic Church anathematizes them.
EXCURSUS ON THE WORD HOMOUSIOS.
The Fathers of the Council at Nice were at one time
ready to accede to the request of some of the bishops and use only scriptural
expressions in their definitions. But, after several attempts, they found
that all these were capable of being explained away. Athanasius describes
with much wit and penetration how he saw them nodding and winking to each
other when the orthodox proposed expressions which they had thought of
a way of escaping from the force of. After a series of attempts of this
sort it was found that something clearer and more unequivocal must be adopted
if real unity of faith was to be attained; and accordingly the word homousios
was adopted. Just what the Council intended this expression to mean is
set forth by St. Athanasius as follows: "That the Son is not only like
to the Father, but that, as his image, he is the same as the Father; that
he is of the Father; and that the resemblance of the Son to the Father,
and his immutability, are different from ours: for in us they are something
acquired, and arise from our fulfilling the divine commands. Moreover,
they wished to indicate by this that his generation is different from that
of human nature; that the Son is not only like to the Father, but inseparable
from the substance of the Father, that he and the Father are one and the
same, as the Son himself said: 'The Logos is always in the Father, and,
the Father always in the Logos,' as the sun and its splendour are inseparable."
We believe in one God, the Father Almighty, maker
of heaven and earth and of all things visible and invisible.
And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only begotten
Son of God, begotten of his Father before all worlds, Light of Light, very
God of very God, begotten not made, being of one substance with the Father,
by whom all things were made. Who for us humans [anthropoi] and
for our salvation came down from heaven and was incarnate by the Holy Ghost
and the Virgin Mary, and was made human [anthropos], and was crucified
also for us under Pontius Pilate. He suffered and was buried, and the third
day he rose again according to the Scriptures, and ascended into heaven,
and sitteth at the Right Hand of the Father. And he shall come again with
glory to judge both the quick and the dead. Whose kingdom shall have no
end.
And [we believe] in the Holy Ghost, the Lord and
Giver-of-Life, who proceedeth from the Father, who with the Father and
the Son together is worshipped and glorified, who spake by the prophets.
And [we believe] in one, holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church. We acknowledge
one Baptism for the remission of sins, [and] we look for the resurrection
of the dead and the life of the world to come. Amen.
texts taken from http://www.cs.cmu.edu/People/spok/catholic/teaching.html#official