“We believe that all humanity is descended from Adam and Eve,” the clarification states. “They are historical persons created by God in a special formative act, and not from previously existing life forms.”

The clarification is to the college’s existing statement of belief, which cannot be changed because of the school’s charter. The statement of belief affirms the stance “that the origin of man was by fiat of God in the act of creation as related in the Book of Genesis; that he was created in the image of God; that he sinned and thereby incurred physical and spiritual death.” ...