the sake of our salvation he came down from heaven, was incarnate through the Holy Spirit, became man, was conceived and born of the Virgin Mary, suffered and was crucified in the days of Qīṭus son of Pilate, was buried, and rose on the third day as it is written; he ascended to heaven and sat at the right hand of his Father, and is ready to come again to judge the dead and the living. We believe in the one Holy Spirit, the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, in His coming, in one baptism for the forgiveness of sins, in one holy, apostolic, catholic assembly, in the resurrection of our bodies, and in eternal life for ever and ever.
He said:
This is the creed for which the masses of their three communions—the Melkites, Jacobites, and Nestorians—unite in faith, for which they spill their blood, and for which they would lay down their very lives.
They are unanimously agreed in it that the Lord Messiah, whose attributes we have just quoted—true God from true God—descended from heaven, was incarnate by the Holy Spirit, became man, was conceived and born of the Virgin Mary, and suffered and was crucified.