yes they are
There are actually three creeds: the popular Nicene Creed and the Apostles' Creed as well as the Athanasian Creed.
three, The Apostles Creed, The Nicene Creed, and The Athanasian Creed.
Some attribute the Apostles Creed to the twelve apostles themselves, although scholars for the most part believe it was constituted in either the latter first or second century. In any account, it is older than the Nicene Creed.
I just found out the answer to this. The Nicene creed is used in mass (Eucharist) whereas the Apostles' creed is used at baptism, usually in an interrogative form. Read more about it here:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apostles'_Creed
That would be either the Apostles' Creed or the Nicene Creed.
There exist also the Apostles' Creed and the Athanasian Creed, but the Eastern Orthodox Church only uses the Nicene Creed during its services. In the Catholic Church the Nicene Creed is primarily used during Mass. However, the Apostles' Creed is sometimes substituted, especially for a children's Mass. The Apostles' Creed is used most frequently in daily prayers, such as the rosary. The Athanasian Creed is extremely long and almost never used except as an historical reference.
The same Creed that you use year round. Thus it would be the Nicene Creed at Mass, and the Apostles Creed when you are praying the rosary.
A. E. Burn has written: 'An introduction to the creeds and to the Te Deum' -- subject(s): Creeds, Nicene Creed, Comparative studies, Apostles' Creed, Athanasian Creed, Te Deum laudamus (Music) 'The Apostles' Creed' -- subject(s): Apostles' Creed
Yes, there's the Nicene Creed , the Apostles Creed and the Athanasian Creed.
You may be thinking of the Creed, like the Nicene Creed or the Apostles' Creed, although they don't really explain the faith as expound it.
It is traditionally ascribed to the Twelve Apostles, who wrote it to refute Gnosticism. It was origianlly called the Symbol of the Apostles. Some historians think it was written later, possibly devloping it from the Old Roman Symbol, which was somewhat shorter.
Although the Apostles' Creed can be used in a Catholic Mass, generally speaking most parishes use the Nicene Creed. Whichever Creed is used it comes towards the end of the Liturgy of the Word, after the homily.