34. “We, the holy synod met in Sardica from different provinces of the East, namely, Thebais, Egypt, Palestine, Arabia, Phœnicia, Cœle Syria, Mesopotamia, Cilicia, Cappadocia, Pontus, Paphlagonia, Galatia, Bithynia and Hellespont, from Asia, namely, the two provinces of Phrygia, Pisidia, the islands of the Cyclades, Pamphylia, Caria, Lydia, from Europe, namely, Thrace, Hæmimontus22    Mount Haemus is the mountain range which at this period formed the boundary between the provinces of Thracia and Mœsia Inferior. Hæmimontus was grouped with Mœsia Inferior under the Vicarius of Thrace., Mœsia, and the two provinces of Pannonia, have set forth this creed.

“We believe in one God, the Father Almighty, Creator and Maker of all things, from whom all fatherhood in heaven and earth is named:

“And we believe in His Only-begotten Son our Lord Jesus Christ, who before all ages was begotten of the Father, God of God, Light of Light, through whom were made all things which are in heaven and earth, visible and invisible: who is the Word and Wisdom and Might and Life and true Light: and who in the last days for our sake was incarnate, and was born of the holy Virgin, who was crucified and dead and buried, And rose from the dead on the third day, And was received into heaven, And sitteth on the right hand of the Father, And shall come to judge the quick and the dead and to give to every man according to his works: Whose kingdom remaineth without end for ever and ever. For He sitteth on the right hand of the Father not only in this age, but also in the age to come.

“We believe also in the Holy Ghost, that is, the Paraclete, whom according to His promise He sent to His apostles after His return into the heavens to teach them and to bring all things to their remembrance, through whom also the souls of them that believe sincerely in Him are sanctified.

“But those who say that the Son of God is sprung from things non-existent or from another substance and not from God, and that there was a time or age when He was not, the holy Catholic Church holds them as aliens. Likewise also those who say that there are three Gods, or that Christ is not God and that before the ages He was neither Christ nor Son of God, or that He Himself is the Father and the Son and the Holy Ghost, or that the Son is incapable of birth; or that the Father begat the Son without purpose or will: the holy Catholic Church anathematizes.”

34. «Credimus in unum Deum patrem omnipotentem, creatorem et factorem universorum, ex quo omnis paternitas in coelis et in terra nominatur. Credimus et in unigenitum ejus filium Dominum nostrum Jesum Christum, qui ante omnia saecula ex Patre genitus est, Deum ex Deo, lumen ex lumine, per quem facta sunt omnia quae in coelis et quae in terra, visibilia et invisibilia: qui est verbum, et sapientia, et virtus, et vita, et lumen verum: et qui in novissimis diebus propter nos incarnatus est, et natus ex sancta Virgine, qui 0507B crucifixus est, et mortuus, et sepultus, et surrexit ex mortuis tertia die, et receptus in coelo est, et 483 sedet in dextera Patris, venturus judicare vivos et mortuos, et reddere unicuique secundum opera ejus; cujus regnum sine cessatione permanet in immensa saecula. Sedet enim in dextera Patris non solum in hoc saeculo, sed et in futuro. Credimus et in Spiritum sanctum, hoc est, paracletum, quem promittens Apostolis post reditum in coelos misit docere eos ac memorari omnia, per quem et sanctificantur sincere in eum credentium animae. Eos autem, qui dicunt de non exstantibus esse filium Dei, vel ex alia substantia, et non ex Deo, et quod erat aliquando tempus aut saeculum quando non erat, alienos novit sancta et catholica Ecclesia. Similiter et 0507C eos, qui dicunt tres esse deos; vel Christum non esse Deum et ante saecula, neque Christum, neque filium eum esse Dei; vel eum ipsum esse Patrem et Filium et sanctum Spiritum, vel innascibilem filium; vel quod neque consilio neque voluntate Pater genuerit Filium: anathematizat sancta et catholica Ecclesia.»