{"id":48,"date":"2026-08-07T02:26:51","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T06:26:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bibleacademy.africa\/?page_id=48"},"modified":"2026-08-07T02:26:51","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T06:26:51","slug":"our-statement-of-faith","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bibleacademy.africa\/?page_id=48","title":{"rendered":"Our statement of faith"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-link-color has-large-font-size wp-elements-642f5d269623a4599f6815ac400a53d9 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>First Council of Constantinople (381)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"678\" src=\"https:\/\/bibleacademy.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Nicaea_icon.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-49\" style=\"width:318px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bibleacademy.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Nicaea_icon.webp 500w, https:\/\/bibleacademy.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Nicaea_icon-221x300.webp 221w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>We believe in one God, the Father Almighty, Maker\u00a0<em>of\u00a0heaven\u00a0and earth, and<\/em>\u00a0of all things visible and invisible.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the\u00a0<em>only-begotten<\/em>\u00a0Son of God, begotten of the Father\u00a0<em>before all worlds<\/em>, Light of Light, very God of very God, begotten, not made, consubstantial with the Father;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>by whom all things were made;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>who for us men, and for our salvation, came down\u00a0<em>from heaven<\/em>, and was incarnate\u00a0<em>by the Holy Ghost and of the Virgin Mary<\/em>, and was made man;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>he was crucified for us under Pontius Pilate, and suffered, and was buried, and the third day he rose again, according to the Scriptures, and ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of the Father;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>from thence he shall come\u00a0<em>again, with glory<\/em>, to judge\u00a0the quick and the dead;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>whose kingdom\u00a0shall have no end<\/em>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>And in the Holy Ghost,\u00a0<em>the Lord and Giver of life, who proceedeth from the Father, who with the Father and the Son together is worshiped and glorified, who spoke by the prophets.<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In one holy catholic and apostolic Church; we acknowledge one baptism for the remission of sins; we look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Amen.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First Council of Constantinople (381)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-48","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bibleacademy.africa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/48","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bibleacademy.africa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bibleacademy.africa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bibleacademy.africa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bibleacademy.africa\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=48"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bibleacademy.africa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/48\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50,"href":"https:\/\/bibleacademy.africa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/48\/revisions\/50"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bibleacademy.africa\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=48"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}