Who We Are
Vita Nova Christian Academy The phrase vita nova means "new life," in Latin and this is appropriate for our school. First, the children who will study here are new at life, exploring for the first time the mysteries of what God has created. Next, and most importantly, we hope that all those who are involved with this school...parents, children, staff, and friends...will find the new and abundant life that Jesus spoke of in John 10:10.
Credo Ut Intelligam Our motto is the famous dictum from the Proslogion of Anselm. It means "I believe so that I may understand." This, too, is appropriate, since faith must precede all true understanding. Only by believing first in God can one hope to understand the life and world He created. As Anselm went on to say in his Cur Deus Homo,
Sicut rectus ordo exigit ut profunda Christianae fidei prius credamus, quam ea praesumamus ratione discutere, ita negligentia mihi videtur, si, postquam confirmati sumus in fide, non studemus quod credimus intelligere.
Just as the right order of things compels us to believe the deep matters of the Christian faith before we presume to discuss them through reason, so it seems negligent to me if, after we have been confirmed in the faith, we do not strive to understand what it is we believe.
Statement of Faith
All that we hope to accomplish by the grace of God with students and families is rooted in the orthodox understanding of the Christian faith, chiefly expressed through the Apostles’ and Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creeds. From these creeds, other biblically-inspired texts, and the Bible itself we affirm that:
God exists eternally as three equal persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit
As a result of the fall of man, all creation stands separated from God and unless reunited with Him through His grace will remain eternally separated from Him
Through faith in the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ and only through faith in Him can we receive the grace of God that will reunite us with Him
God has given and continues to give us instruction in how we are to live and accomplish His purposes through the works of His Holy Spirit and through His inspired word, the Bible
Anything that is true comes from God, including such truths as found in mathematics, natural sciences, human sciences, history, and art, and all other areas of human knowledge and creation
God has given each of us particular, natural talents and, after we have received the Holy Spirit through faith in Jesus Christ, enhancements of those natural talents and/or spiritual gifts to achieve His purposes on earth
Children are given by God to families to develop for His glory
Vita Nova must work with families to help them develop the natural and spiritual gifts within their children, in order that those children may live out the purposes for which God has created them
As part of the multi-cultural world in which we live, we must guide children to use their understanding of the world along with their gifts in a variety of cultural settings, with a particular emphasis on missions
