STATEMENT OF BELIEFS

Libertas Academy is an institution born of and nourished by the infallible Word of God handed down to us in the Canon of Sacred Scripture in the Old and New Testaments. This institution is not an ecclesiastical body nor is it subject to any ecclesiastical organization. As a Christian community composed of many denominations, we hold to the truths handed down to us from the time of Christ as enunciated in the Apostles’ Creed. Moreover, we are committed to the following basic principles for Christian education:

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The Bible

Relying on the faith of the apostolic age, we accept the Canon of Sacred Scripture comprised in the books of the Old and New Testaments which, having been written under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, have God as their author.

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The human authors of Sacred Scripture were inspired by God to write whatever He wanted written, and no more, while making full use of their own wits and powers. They wrote as true authors though God acted in them and by them.

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The inspired books teach the truth and all that the inspired authors affirm should be regarded as affirmed by the Holy Spirit, we must acknowledge that the books of Scripture firmly, faithfully, and without error teach that truth which God, for the sake of our salvation, wished to see confided to the Sacred Scriptures.

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The Holy Trinity

There is one God who exists in three divine Persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, who are coequal in power, sharing in the divine substance, but who are distinct according to their relations of origin -the Father generating the Son, the Son being eternally begotten of the Father, and the Holy Spirit proceeding from the Father and the Son.

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Creation

God created the invisible world of the angels, creatures of tremendous beauty and power, and that many of the angels rebelled against God and were cast down into hell. That the bad angels are permitted to roam about the world seeking the ruin of souls until the day when Christ will put all things under His feet.

That God created the material cosmos out of nothing and that He created the paradise of Eden for man and woman to dwell in. That He created the first man, Adam, from the dust of the earth and placed him in the garden. That He created the first woman, Eve, from the side of Adam. That He created both man and woman in His image and likeness and that they walked with God in the paradise of Eden as innocent children filled with grace.

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Sin

Adam and Eve sinned, losing the grace of God, and were cast out of Eden. That Adam and Eve, being the father and mother of all mankind, have passed their sin on to all and that all have been deprived of the grace of God. That man’s rebellion against God alienates him from his Creator, his neighbor, and the world.

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Jesus Christ

Jesus Christ, the Word of the Father, was born of the Virgin Mary in time and that He walked among men teaching them and working miracles to bear witness to the truth. That He chose apostles to preach the gospel to all nations. That He died the death of the Cross and shed His blood for the salvation of the world. That He descended into hell and that He rose triumphantly from the tomb on the third day. That He appeared to his disciples many times in His glorified body and that he ascended into heaven after forty days. That He will come again in glory on the last day to judge the living and the dead and that His Kingdom will have no end.

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The Holy Spirit

The Holy Spirit, the Love of the Father and the Son, was sent upon the apostles as tongues of fire, filling them with power to witness to the gospel, and that the same Spirit continues to renew the face of the earth in cooperation with men and women who are docile to His promptings and guidance.

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Gender & Marriage

God created humankind male and female and that he established marriage as constituted between a man and woman only.

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The Sanctity of Human Life

All human life is sacred from conception until natural death. That abortion and euthanasia are grave evils which cannot be accepted under any circumstances.