What Is Faith?
What is Faith?
The Latin term for this first meaning of faith is faith as assensus. It's like the English word, assent, but instead of a "t" at the end, there's a "sus" at the end. The central meaning of this notion of faith is suggested by the word "assent." This is faith as giving your mental assent to the truth of a claim, faith as believing that something is true. In Christian terms, this is faith as believing the central claims of the Christian tradition, or faith as believing that Jesus is the only Son of God, or faith as believing that the Bible is true, and so forth.
From the Latin term fidelitas. It's like the English word "fidelity," but with an "as" on the end instead of a "y." The central meaning of faith as fidelitas is suggested by that equation with fidelity. This is faith as faithfulness, or fidelity, to God. Not as faithfulness to certain statements about God, but as faithfulness to the relationship with God. It is like a marriage relationship in that respect.......
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