The Apostles’ Creed: God The FatherSample

Only One God: James 2:19

There is only one divine being. This was true in the days of the Old Testament. It was true in the days of the New Testament. It was true in the early centuries of the church. And it is still true today.

The statement about God in the Apostles' Creed is fairly plain. It simply says:

I believe in God the Father Almighty,
Maker of heaven and earth.

The creed is organized around a Trinitarian formula. It reflects the belief that God the Father, Jesus Christ, his only Son and the Holy Spirit are three different persons in the Godhead, all sharing the same singular divine essence.

The creed was intended to be a summary of beliefs, not a comprehensive statement of faith. And when it was used in the church's liturgy, everyone in the church knew that to mention these three persons of God in this way was to imply the doctrine of the Trinity.