Just about the only time the Apostle’s Creed is said today is when and if one recites the Rosary or at a Baptism and possibly at ordination. However since the ordination rite has been changed, I wonder if it’s being said at the ordinations anymore? At the Baptismal ceremony only parts of the creed  is recited by the God parents during the renewal of Baptismal Promises. 

The Apostles’ Creed is binding among Catholics under pain of Heresy. But now the general Catholic public has lost contact in reciting the Apostles’ Creed without the Rosary, accept perhaps, at a funeral. How many times in a lifetime does one become a God parent for Baptism? Not many.  Fewer Catholics are getting married these days and the one’s that are, for the most part, are having smaller family’s. One might ask, what difference does it make since the Nicene Creed is said at Mass on Sundays? Well, unfortunately there are a few significant differences. In  the Apostles Creed as it mentions Christ “descended into hell,” “To prove what has been said, his sanctity was true ….and truly the Son Of God. (1)  We also have in the Nicene Creed, “And He shall COME again in glory to judge the living and the dead.” This could be interpreted to mean that we won’t be judged until the general judgment at the end of the world, instead of at the moment of our death. This may seem a little bit of an over exaggeration but we did have one Pope, John XXII who did preach just that but finally corrected himself.. So you see, my friends, there are instances when little subtive changes do not make any difference in interpratation and then again these changes can be taken to mean something contrary to the mind of the church. I can see now, how much more the Rosary needs to be recited regularly to remind us of the importance of the “Apostles Creed.”  Grace be with you, in Christ, Joseph 2-20-14

I believe in God, the Father Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth; and in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord: Who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary; suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died and was buried. He descended into hell; the third day He rose again from the dead; He ascended into heaven, is seated at the right hand of God the Father Almighty; from thence He shall come to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Ghost, the Holy Catholic Church, the communion of Saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and lifeeverlasting. Amen.  (1) The Catechism of the Council of Trent. pg. 60.