Christian Education

"I believe in one God, the Father Almighty, Maker of Heaven and Earth, and of all things visible and invisible.

And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God, begotten of the Father before all worlds; God of God, Light of Light, very God of very God; begotten, not made, being of one substance with the Father, by whom all things were made.

Who, for us men and for our Salvation, came down from Heaven, and was incarnate by the Holy Spirit of the Virgin Mary, and was made man; and was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate; He suffered and was buried; and the third day He rose again according to the Scriptures; and ascended into Heaven, and sits at the right hand of the Father; and He shall come again, with glory, to judge the living and the dead; whose Kingdom shall have no end.

And I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord and giver of Life; who proceeds from the Father and the Son; who with the Father and the Son together is worshipped and glorified, who spoke by the Prophets.

And I believe in one holy universal and apostolic Church. I acknowledge one baptism for the remission of sins; and I look for the resurrection of the dead and the life of the world to come.

Amen."

As a community united in Christ for the education of youth, we confess with the Church universal that there is one God, eternal and indivisible, in whom are three Persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit, which three Persons are really, truly, and eternally distinct, each one truly God, yet without in any way destroying the unity of the one and only God, who is one and not three;

That this one God is the creator of all things, visible and invisible;

That people were created in the image of God with dominion over the creation;

That people sinned by disobeying the express command of God, so repudiating their Creator and bringing God’s wrath and curse on themselves and on the whole creation over which they rule;

That by the curse of sin, justly imposed, every person is cut off from communion with God and is dead in sin, wholly corrupt throughout the whole individual, and utterly indisposed, disabled, and made opposite to all good, and wholly inclined to all evil;

That God in his love for the world, sent his only Son, Jesus Christ our Lord, to be born of the virgin Mary, being conceived by the Holy Spirit, to live and suffer on this earth as a man under the curse of sin although himself without sin, to endure the fullness of God’s curse on sin in his death on the cross as a ransom for many, laying down his life for the sheep so that all who believe in him should receive without regard to their works or merit, full and free pardon, the riches of God’s favour as his children and heirs, and eternal life in Christ, being renewed by the Holy Spirit in Christ’s likeness;

That the Lord Jesus Christ, having died for our sins, rose again on the third day by the power of God, ascended to heaven and is now seated at the right hand of God the Father Almighty who has put all things in subjection under his feet, appointing him to be Head of all things and the Church, which is his body;

That at the time appointed by God and known to no person, this very same Jesus shall come the second time in power and glory to judge all people, living and dead, and having destroyed this present world, to establish the new heavens and new earth in which righteousness has a permanent home;

That when the Lord Jesus comes again all the dead shall be raised bodily, those who by faith have done well, to eternal life, and those who through unbelief have done evil, to eternal condemnation;

That the risen Christ has sent the Holy Spirit into the world that by him redemption might be effectually applied, the divine purpose of salvation accomplished, and the Church equipped for its mission on earth;

That the redemptive activity and gracious favour of God - Father, Son and Holy Spirit - is essential for the fulfilment of human life.