“In the beginning was the Word.”

– John 1:1

Christ Pantocrator icon from the 6th century showing Jesus holding the Gospel and raising his hand in blessing, from Saint Catherine’s Monastery in Sinai.

When choosing the name for the school we wanted to build, we knew that it mattered. In a world that uses words relatively and capriciously, we wanted to ground ourselves, our culture, and our mission in our name. After much debate, Logos Classical Christian Academy was established. The last three words reflect our commitment to Classical and Christian pedagogy, which you can read more about on our Why Classical page. The first word, Logos, reflects the very heart, soul, and reason of everything we do at LCCA.

The word logos is the Greek word λογος best translated as “word.” In many cases in the New Testament, it is used as simply as we would use the word “word.” However, in a few cases, the author uses logos to mean something more, namely the Word of God, who is Jesus Christ. The most famous use of logos in this way occurs in the opening of John’s Gospel: “In the beginning was the Word (logos), and the Word (logos) was with God, and the Word (logos) was God. The same was in the beginning with God” (John 1:1-2). John uses the word logos to mean that Jesus is God’s Word revealed to us. Not only this, but Jesus is also the divine wisdom and reason ingrained and integrated into all of Creation. We see this in the following verses: “All things were made by him; and without him was not anything made that was made. In Him was life; and the life was the light of men” (vv. 3-4). One of the key themes of the Gospel of John is that Jesus Christ is God. These opening verses affirm this. John sets the tone for the rest of the Gospel so the reader understands everything Jesus does in light of this central truth.

Later in Chapter 1 John writes, “And the Word [logos] was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth” (v. 14). Again, John is emphasizing the fact that God Himself took on the form of His Creation and “dwelt” with us—lived as we live. The person that he heard, saw, and touched (see I John 1:1-3) was indeed the Messiah, the Son of the True God.

As a school, we wanted to remind ourselves of these truths with a rich and meaningful name. Jesus Christ, the logos, is the very reason Creation itself exists, but He is also the reason we are here now. Our mission is to disciple our students in the Word of God, while always directing them to the light of Christ and the life found therein. Everything we do at LCCA centers on the logos, on Jesus Christ.