1.8.4.1 : Regarding Character, We Prize:

1.    Commitment to God through a saving relationship with Jesus Christ,

2.    Respect for all creation,

3.    Respect for persons as they have been variously created by God,

4.    Personal freedom and the acceptance of responsibility for the personal and social consequences which result from the exercise of this freedom, and

5.    Obedience to the teachings of Christ and the apostolic tradition, and to the Spirit of God at work in the life of the individual and the church.