the particular prominence given to the Resurrection as a Resurrection of the body. The fact that in the Roman symbol older and shorter “kerugmatic” sentences were somewhat further developed under the influence of the New Testament writings, and particularly under that of John, the Synoptists, Paul, and probably the Acts of the Apostles, makes it unwise to trace the composition of the symbol backwards beyond the middle of the second century. To sum up: the symbol originated in Rome about the middle