Who suffered for our salvation, 

descended into Hell, 

rose again the third day from the dead. 

He ascended into Heaven, 

He sitteth on the right hand of the Father, God Almighty, 

from whence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead. 

Here, at long last, the Athanasian Creed is quite similar to the Apostles’ and Nicene Creeds.  This is an “Old English” translation.  The “quick” are simply the living....