Do Protestants recite the Apostles Creed?

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It really depends on what kind of protestants. I know that anglicans (episcopalians) and lutherans do at every mass.
 
I know the protestant church I formally attended doesn’t because they try to separate themselves from the Catholics. The denomination even has a catechism from one of the Reformed Churches that merged with the denomination in 1957. I believe the wording is a little different in their Apostles Creed. They don’t use the Catholic Trinity terms (Father, Son, Holy Spirit) I believe they use God, Son and Holy Ghost. I know that even in their Choir music if it referenced God they would change it to the feminine pronoun.
 
Some do and some don’t. It is not the same creed however as the catholic understanding of (one Catholic and apostolic faith) is changed by the Protestants when they recite the creed.
 
Welcome to the true faith from another convert (2016 myself)!
 
The Church of England uses the Apostles’ Creed at Morning and Evening Prayer. The Nicene Creed is generally used at Holy Communion on Sundays.

Apostles’ Creed 1662 BCP:

I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth :
And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord: Who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, Born of the
Virgin Mary: Suffered under Pontius Pilate, Was crucified, dead, and buried: He descended into
hell; The third day he rose again from the dead: He ascended into heaven, And sitteth on the right
hand of God the Father Almighty: From thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Ghost: The holy Catholick Church; The Communion of Saints: The
Forgiveness of sins: The Resurrection of the body, And the Life everlasting. Amen.
 
Well indeed…looks very similar and also includes reference to the Catholic Church!
 
The Apostles Creed, as written in 390 AD, had no relevance to today’s Catholic church. The term “catholic”, in the creed was actually pointed at Jesus, not a denomination.
 
Some do. Others substitute “Catholic” for “Christian”, may not even use “holy” or “apostolic”.
 
You’re right… but then they’d modify a document to suit there preferences, and change the intent of the author’s…
 
At my local Methodist church, we recite the Apostles Creed every week. One small difference is that ours adds, ‘For Thine is the Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory Forever. Amen” to the end.
 
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Lutherans typically use either the Apostles or Nicene Creed during worship. Many use the Athanasian Creed on Trinity Sunday.
Use of “Catholic” or “Christian” varies by parish
 
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The International Consultation on English Texts was an ecumenical group that provided a translation of the Apostles Creed that was “widely adopted by English-speaking Christians.” This was the official translation adopted by the Catholic Churches in English speaking countries until 2008.

In 2008, with a new translation of the missal, Catholics reverted to the older translation, which does not differ much from the ICET version but does differ some. So it is less likely that Protestants and Catholics pray he same version.
 
BartholomewB said:
In present-day use, the Church of England writes “the holy catholic Church” in the Creed with a lower-case “c” for “catholic.” They say the expression means “the universal Church,”
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As do Catholics.
 
And Anglicans who use the 1928 American BCP, find there “Catholic”.
 
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