Why the Apostles’ Creed and not the Nicene Creed? The Apostles’ Creed originally…

Why the Apostles’ Creed and not the Nicene Creed?

The Apostles’ Creed originally came from the Easter baptismal liturgy of the Church of Rome, founded by the great Apostles Peter and Paul. For this reason, it was known as the ‘Easter’ Creed and it was named ‘The Apostles’ Creed’ because it has the same number of articles of faith, twelve. Thus by praying this creed we profess all the articles of our faith!

The Creed was first proclaimed in the Greek language of the New Testament era. And like most of the professions of early Christian faith, it arose from baptism, where the catechumen was asked “do you believe in God the Father?” and responded, “I do believe.” This is why the pronoun in the ancient creeds was “I” rather than “we.”