Creed of Antioch.

I. 1. I believe in one and one only true God, Father Almighty, maker of all things, visible and invisible.
II. 2. And in our Lord Jesus Christ, His Son, the only-begotten and first born of all creation, begotten of Him before all the ages, through whom also the ages were established, and all things came into existence;
 3. Who for our sakes, came down, and was born of Mary the Virgin.
 4. And crucified under Pontius Pilate, and buried,
 5. And the third day rose according to the scriptures,
 6. and ascended into heaven.
 7.
 8. And is coming again to judge quick and dead.
 9. [The beginning of the third article has not been recorded.]
10.
11. Remission of sins.
12. Resurrection of the dead, life everlasting.

Along similar lines Loofs selects phrases as typical of creeds which go back to a date preceding the Nicene Council.

A. Creed of Eusebius of Caesarea, presented to the Nicene Council.

B. Revised Creed of Cyril of Jerusalem.

C. Creed of Antioch quoted by Cassian.

D. Creed of Antioch quoted in the Apostolic Constitutions.

E. Creed of Lucian the Martyr (Antioch).

F. Creed of Arius (Alexandria).

 1.One (God), A, B, C, D, E, F.
Maker of heaven and earth and of all things visible and invisible (or a like phrase), A, B, C, D, E.
 2.Lord Jesus Christ, His Son, the only begotten (or a like phrase), A, B, C, D, E, F.
 3.Crucified under Pontius Pilate, B, C, D (A, E, F omit because they are theological creeds. Loofs thinks that the baptismal creeds on which they are based may have contained the words).
 5.Rose the third day, A, B, D, E (F omits “the third day” being a theological creed; the translation of C is uncertain).
 6.Went up, A, B, D, E, F.
+ and ... and ... and, A, B, C, D, E, F.
 8.And is coming, B, C, D, E, F; and is about to come, A;
+ again, A, C, D, E, F(B?); + in glory, A, B; with glory, D, E.
10.+ Catholic, B, D, F (A, C, E?)
12.+ life eternal, B, C; + life of the age to come, D, F.