History of Faith

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The word faith in English has various uses, but its central meaning is equivalent to "unconditional trust or belief." As such, the object of faith can be either a person (or even an inanimate object or state of affairs) or a proposition (or body of propositions, such as a religious credo). In most contexts, "faith" means religious faith, that is, unconditional trust or belief either in the (presumably existent) God of one's religion, or that some religious tenets are true. It is in the latter sense in which one can speak of, for example, "the Catholic faith."

The word faith in English has various uses, but its central meaning is equivalent to "unconditional trust or belief." As such, the object of faith can be either a person (or even an inanimate object or state of affairs) or a proposition (or body of propositions, such as a religious credo). In most contexts, "faith" means religious faith, that is, unconditional trust or belief either in the (presumably existent) God of one's religion, or that some religious tenets are true. It is in the latter sense in which one can speak of, for example, "the Catholic faith" or "the Islamic faith."

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This still needs a lot of attention from a theologian or several!

This still needs a lot of attention from a theologian or several! It also needs more about the very notion of faith in religions other than Christianity.

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See faith and rationality.

See faith and rationality, Scientific method.

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