Sunday, June 12, 2005

Question

The Apostles' Creed

'I believe in God the Father Almighty; Maker of heaven and earth.
And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord; who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was cruicified, dead and buried; the third day he rose from the dead; he ascended into heaven; and sitteth at the right hand of God the Father Almighty; from thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic Church; the communion of the saints; the forgiveness of sins; the resurrection of the body; and the life everlasting. Amen.

Who/what are the quick??

3 comments:

Carl said...

After a quick web search, I found different answers. Two said that 'quick' refers to the living, which makes sense (they'd be more quick than the dead!) and one said that it refered to the saved.

Carl said...

It's from 1 Pet 4:5, btw.

Laura said...

Brilliant, thank you! :)