Veritas vos liberabit

Veritas vos liberabit (Latin) is a variant of Veritas liberabit vos ("the truth shall set you free"; Greek: ἡ ἀλήθεια ἐλευθερώσει ὑμᾶς hē alētheia eleutherōsei hymas), verse 8:32 of the Gospel of John, a statement which Jesus addresses to a group of Jews who believed in Him. Pilate has the philosopher's response in verse John 18:38: "Quid est veritas?" ("What is truth?", Τί ἐστιν ἀλήθεια, Ti estin alētheia?).

Motto

Veritas vos liberabit is the motto of numerous institutions:

• Bayview Glen School, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
• Greenville Senior High School
• Harapan Bangsa Institute of Technology, Bandung, West Java, Indonesia
• Idaho State University
• Johns Hopkins University
• Lafayette College
• Lebanon Valley College
• Mar Ivanios College
• Ottawa University
• Our Lady Seat of Wisdom Academy, Barry's Bay, Ontario, Canada
• Sam Adams Associates for Integrity in Intelligence
• Southern Methodist University
• St. Augustine's College (Raleigh)
• St. Thomas Aquinas Senior High School
• St. Thomas College, Thrissur
• The California Institute of Technology
• Universidad Adolfo Ibañez, Chile
• Universidad de San Martín de Porres, Lima, Perú^[1] and its football club, Club Deportivo Universidad de San Martín de Porres
• Universidade Luterana do Brasil
• University of Portland
• Xavier College East Victoria Park, Perth Western Australia
• Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea
• Paichai Middle & High School, Seoul, South Korea
• Paichai University, Daejeon, South Korea
• University of Charleston, Charleston, West Virginia
• Université Grenoble Alpes

Translations

The English variant "And You Shall Know the Truth and the Truth Shall Make You Free" is carved in stone in the Original Headquarters Building (OHB) of the Central Intelligence Agency.

Translated into German, Die Wahrheit wird euch frei machen, it is the motto of the University of Freiburg.

The Greek original text (ἡ ἀλήθεια ἐλευθερώσει ὑμᾶς):

• Was used by the Knights Hospitaller during the crusades
• Is the motto of Lenoir-Rhyne University

The Latin version, Veritas liberabit vos, is the motto of :

• Canterbury Christ Church University
• Catholic University of Córdoba
• Doshisha University, Kyoto City, Japan
• Loge De Getande Rand, freemasons Alphen aan de Rijn
• King's College of the University of Queensland
• Mackilliop Senior College
• Newman Senior Technical College
• Port Macquarie, New South Wales
• Redfield College, Dural, New South Wales
• St. George's Independent Schools
• St Josephs Regional College
• Saint Pauls High School
• Southern Methodist University
• Universidade Luterana do Brasil
• Xavier University – Ateneo de Cagayan
• Yonsei University

Translated into Spanish, it is the motto of: la verdad os hará libres.

• Universidad de Guanajuato
• Universidad Iberoamericana

In popular culture

• The motto was used by professional wrestler R-Truth during his ring entrances throughout 2011.^[2]

References

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