It is difficult to explain Christianity to an outsider if you haven’t thought about it much yourself. Christians do indeed trust in God—but we believe certain quite definite things about him and about the impact this belief must have on us as believers. The Apostles’ Creed is an ideal starting point for this vital process of consolidating your grasp of the faith. For more than a thousand years, Christians in western Europe knew the Apostles’ Creed only in Latin. Its opening words are Credo in Deum,