Doctrinal Commitments

Trinity School is a Christian school, dedicated to a vision of education that is rooted in the Triune God. As an independent school, without institutional ties to any church or denomination, we remain committed to what C.S. Lewis called mere Christianity: "no insipid inter-denominational transparency, but something positive, self-consistent, and inexhaustible." We hold to those truths which have united Christians through the ages, across the boundaries of time, place, race, denomination, and tradition:

1. That there is one God, eternally existent in three persons, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit;
   
   
2. That the Bible is the Word of God, the authoritative rule for faith and practice, without error in all that it affirms;
   
   
3. That Jesus Christ, the second person of the Trinity, took on our humanity and died on the cross to atone for sins and redeem a people for himself;
   
   
4. That since humanity is sinful and lost, the regeneration of the Holy Spirit is absolutely necessary for salvation;
   
   
5. That Jesus Christ rose bodily from the grave and that all humanity shall also be resurrected at the Judgment, some to salvation and some to eternal separation from God;
   
   
6. That salvation is by grace alone, in Christ alone, through faith alone, and not from good works;
   
   
7. That good works are the fruit of true faith;
   
   
8. That Jesus Christ is King of all the realms of life and society now and that he will return personally to consummate his Kingdom.

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