Reformation Day at NCCA
Yesterday was Reformation Day. We intentionally celebrate Reformation Day at NCCA because we want to remember God’s faithfulness and hold to sound theology. Students learned about the reformation all month long and have memorized the five solas. Classroom parties included printing press and hammer crafts, secondary students burning “pope’s letters”, acting out Martin Luther posting his 95 theses, singing “A Mighty Fortress Is Our God” together, and sharing delicious treats and food together.
Martin Luther nailing his 95 theses to the door of the Castle Church (Schlosskirche) in Wittenberg, Germany on October 31, 1517 in combination with the printing press, made it possible for people to begin to read the Bible in German instead of just Latin. This then led to the spreading of God’s Word to many more languages after, giving us many ways to read the Bible today!
At New City Classical Academy, our second through sixth graders will have read through the entirety of the Bible before entering secondary school. This is an intentional for our Bible curriculum sequence and scope due to statistics showing most people struggle to read the Bible all the way through for the first time. We hope this is a first step in our students’ desire to read through the entirety of God’s living and active Word over and over for the rest of their lives.
What are the five solas?
The five solas serve as a summary of the protestant Christian faith. They show the gracious way to salvation in a way that sets the tone for true theology, resounding and how we should think and live in this world.
SOLA SCRIPTURA: Scripture alone
SOLA CHRISTUS: Christian alone
SOLA FIDE: Faith alone
SOLA GRATIA: Grace alone
SOLA DEO GLORIA: To God be the glory alone
Thank you, parents, grandparents, pastors, and teachers for continuing to disciple our children with scripture and grace- to God alone be the glory.
“𝘞𝘩𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘳, 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥, 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘶𝘱 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨? 𝘐𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘢𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘬𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘺 𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘶𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘵 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘵.” ~ 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘯 𝘓𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳
