On the third day he rose again
The death, burial and resurrection of Jesus are of “first importance”, says Paul (1 Cor.15:3-4), and from there he goes on to explain how...
Buried and dead
We often speak of someone being ‘dead and buried’ and the Creed’s description of Good Friday concludes with mention of Jesus’s burial....
Suffered, crucified, died, buried
We call the day Good Friday and more is said in this Creed about the events of that day than about anything else. It was Jesus’s day of...
Conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary
Both Matthew and Luke make clear that Jesus’s birth came about in a miraculous way. Before Mary and Joseph had any sexual union, “she was...
"Our Lord"
“Jesus is Lord” is the essential summary of Christian faith about him. That’s how the first Christian sermon concluded (Acts 2:36) and...