I was raised Catholic and there was a time when I could recite it, but that time was long, long ago. I just read it and yeah, I didn’t know any of it. I remember in church it always struck me as just a bunch of rambling blah blah because everyone said it at the same time, but at their own individual pace. It wasn’t very cohesive.
Now, what about the Nicene Creed? I can do that too.
But not the Athanasian Creed. We only did that one once a year, on Trinity Sunday.
Well, that’s the thing. I think the majority of Catholics would be able to do the Nicene Creed, since that’s the one that is said in every mass (at least around here.) The Apostle’s Creed is the one I think most Catholics would screw up. Nicene (pre-2010 version) I could do without a second thought. Apostles’ ? I’ve said it at most a couple dozen times in my life. And I used to be a goody two-shoes Catholic until I was about 18.
Thing is, I’m not Catholic. I grew up Lutheran, so I memorized both creeds by repetition over the years of church attendance. Now I’m Episcopal, most Sunday services it’s the Nicene for us, but Apostle’s at other times.
When I was a child, we attended Roman Catholic churches, so I know that I learned this. But when I was 10 or so I asked I could stop going because I didn’t believe in God and would rather stay home and watch Abbott & Costello movies. Today, I can’t remember anything at all about it.
I can recite a large portion of it. But I had to look it up to get the whole thing down pat. I voted I can’t recite it from memory, somewhat by accident, but it’s true to be fair.
I was raised Mormon (self identified Christian) who is no longer religious. I never heard of it before the press made a big deal about Trump not reciting it. I wouldn’t have either.
The majority of US Catholics would be familiar with the longer Nicene Creed from Sunday Mass, but might hear the Apostles Creed when saying the Rosary or when used on a particular occasion in a parish.
On the other hand in other English-speaking countries around the world, the Apostles’ Creed is used at Sunday Mass. I’ve attended Mass in Canada a number of times in several provinces and have almost always heard the Apostles’ Creed, and I heard an Australian priest say that it’s used in his diocese as well. In the Philippines, where Mass in English is easy to find in the cities, they use the Apostles’ Creed too.
Trump identifies as Presbyterian, and on the previous page there are several Presbyterians who know the Creed.
So do you know the “Who’s On First?” routine from memory? 
Atheist here who was raised Roman Catholic. I de-converted 10 years ago.
Yes, I can still recite it.
I was at a Catholic wedding two months ago. When everyone stood to recite the Apostle’s Creed, I stood there in amazement that I still could remember it, though I was not reciting it myself.
Lightnin’s variety is what I was referring to. No reciting going on in those pews.
Yeah, as a (now lapsed) Roman Catholic who has been to at least a thousand masses, that’s about the only time I think I have ever heard the Apostles’ Creed. I must have done a few rosaries during Lent and just read off the cheat sheet. I can’t remember it otherwise being used in mass in lieu of the Nicene Creed. Like I said, I do remember there being a note that the Apostles’ Creed can be said (and the missalettes, I believe, did have the Apostles Creed written out below the Nicene Creed), but I don’t ever remember saying during any mass I’ve ever attended. With other denominations, I wouldn’t know, but it sounds like it’s said more regularly there. My main recollection from attending masses in other Christian faiths is that they tag the end of the Lords Prayer with “for thine is the kingdom, the power, the glory forever,” whereas in Catholic mass, it’s a response to the priest after the prayer.
Only culturally Christian (Midwestern US). I recognized it when I looked it up, but couldn’t have recited it from memory. Even when I was a church-goer, this type of “liturgy” (for lack of a better choice of words) was eschewed by the informal structure of my denomination.
I haven’t been to church in 13 years. When I did go, the congregation said it every other week, maybe a bit more frequently than that.
I jotted down what I remembered which was almost everything. I forgot the “conceived by the Holy Spirit” line and the word “crucified.”
Actually, I do.
ETA: When I was in high school, a friend and I transcribed it from the movie and performed it. We did it on stage twice, I think, and at countless parties, family gatherings, school trips, etc. I can also still do Bob Newhart’s Driving Instructor routine, all of Steve Martin’s first two albums, Emo Phillips’ album, Steve Wright’s I Have A Pony, etc.
Had no idea what it was and after reading it, pretty sure I’ve never heard that before in my life. Odd.
I’m also an Episcopalian, but I’d have to admit I would probably stumble over reciting the Apostles’ Creed from memory. Most Episcopal services, including the weekly Eucharist, use the Nicene Creed, which I can rattle off without thinking. The Apostles’ Creed is so close to the Nicene with just enough difference to mess me up.
My wife grew up Presbyterian so she knows the Apostles’ Creed much better than I.
I’m United Methodist and memorized it at some point, probably for confirmation. But I no longer have it to memory. Doesn’t help that I rarely attend English-language services now, and don’t hear it as frequently the way I learned it.
Raised Catholic. I could and did say the Nicene Creed from memory without thinking about it. Became a Christian in college and defected to the Southern Baptists. The Apostles’ Creed is not recited often, so I can’t just mindlessly say the whole thing without prompts. The best prompt is musical. I can sing along with Rich Mullins’ Creed without looking up the words.
Lutheran here. Memorizing the Apostles’ Creed was required for confirmation, but I had it memorized long before that because we recited it most Sundays. I still recite it without looking at the words. We said the Nicene Creed on Sundays when we celebrated Communion, which in the church I grew up in was once a month.