In the second century, such professions of allegiance to the three persons of the Trinity were called “baptismal symbols” (symbolon is the Greek word for “creed”), and they tended to follow one or the other of two forms. First was an affirmation that revolved around Christ and the events of his life, death, and resurrection. For example, at the beginning of the second century, Ignatius of Antioch affirms that our Lord is “truly of the family of David with respect to human descent,