It does not address some [[Christology|Christological]] issues defined in the [[Nicene Creed]]. It thus says nothing explicitly about the [[Divinity of Jesus|divinity]] of either [[Jesus in Christianity|Jesus]] or the Holy Spirit. For this reason, it was held to predate the Nicene Creed in medieval Latin tradition.
The expression "Apostles' Creed" is first mentioned in a letter from the [[Synod of Milan]] dated 390AD CE390, referring to a belief at the time that each of the [[Twelve Apostles]] contributed an article to the twelve articles of the creed.<ref>{{Citation | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=gqrEpBuBGIgC&pg=PA63 | first = Jack | last = Rogers | title = Presbyterian Creeds | publisher = Westminster John Knox Press | year = 1985 | isbn = 978-0-66425496-4 | pages = 62–63}}.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.reformed.org/documents/apostles_creed_orr.html |first= James |last=Orr |title=The Apostles' Creed |website=International Standard Bible Encyclopedia |publisher=Reformed |access-date=May 19, 2011 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110622082715/http://www.reformed.org/documents/apostles_creed_orr.html |archive-date= June 22, 2011 |url-status= live}}</ref>
