Expositio super symbolum Nicenum
Alan of Lille (1120–1202)
A commentary on the Nicene Creed by Alan.
Prologus I: Expositio super symbolum Nicenum.
Caput I: Credo in unum Deum.
Caput II: Patrem.
Caput III: Omnipotentem.
Caput IV: Factorem caeli et terrae, visibilium omnium et invisibilium.
Caput V: Et in unum Dominum.
Caput VI: Iesum Christum.
Caput VII: Filium Dei unigenitum.
Caput VIII: Et ex Patre natum ante omnia saecula.
Caput IX: Deum de Deo, lumen de lumine, Deum verum de Deo vero.
Caput X: Genitum, non factum.
Caput XI: Consubstantialem Patri.
Caput XII: Per quem omnia facta sunt.
Caput XIII: Qui propter nos homines et propter nostram salutem descendit de caelis.
Caput XIV: Et incarnatus est de Spiritu Sancto ex Maria Virgine, et homo factus est.
Caput XV: Crucifixus etiam pro nobis sub Pontio Pilato, passus, et sepultus est.
Caput XVI: Et resurrexit tertia die secundum Scripturas.
Caput XVII: Et ascendit in caelum, sedet ad dexteram Patris.
Caput XVIII: Et iterum venturus est cum gloria, iudicare vivos et mortuos.
Caput XIX: Cuius regni non erit finis.
Caput XX: Et in Spiritum Sanctum, Dominum, et vivificantem.
Caput XXI: Qui ex Patre Filioque procedit.
Caput XXII: Qui cum Patre et Filio simul adoratur et conglorificatur.
Caput XXIII: Qui locutus est per prophetas.
Caput XXIV: Unam Sanctam Ecclesiam Catholicam et Apostolicam.
Caput XXV: Confiteor unum baptisma in remissionem peccatorum.
I confess one baptism for the remission of sins.
Here the heretics are confounded who establish as many baptisms as there are baptizers. For there is one baptism sufficing for all, both for children who are held by original sin, and for adults who are held by actual sin.
For the remission of sins.
And thus in the sacrament of baptism are understood those sacraments by whose mediation forgiveness is given for sins. All this is referred to the tenth article, from the place "I confess." The same is contained in the apostolic symbol, where it is said: "the communion of saints, the remission of sins." For by "communion of saints" we understand the sharing of the sacraments.
And note that in the communion of saints three things are understood: the communion of the sacraments in the Church of God, spiritual participation in the sharing of the Holy Spirit, communion in the support of prayers. In this communion, moreover, we can understand the use of the Eucharist, in which all the faithful ought worthily to communicate. And such communion happens for the remission of sins.