Apostles creed: is a statement of Christian

belief that sets forth the foundations of the

central doctrines of the Incarnation and the

Trinity; traditionally thought to have been

composed by the apostles

Nicene creed: Christianity’s most important

creedal state ment, formulated by Church

leaders at the Council of Nicaea in 325 and

setting forth in pre cise language the

doctrines of the Incarnation and of the

Trinity