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Defninitions of Faith
Leadership, IV, 4, p. 87.
Defninitions of Faith
Leadership, IV, 4, p. 87.
- Faith is to believe what we do not see; and the reward of this faith is to see what we believe. - Augustine
- Faith is a voluntary anticipation.&md;Clement of Alexandria
- A man lives by believing something, not by debating and arguing about many things. - Thomas Carlyle
- God our Father has made all things depend on faith so that whoever has faith will have everything, and whoever does not have faith will have nothing.&md;Martin Luther
- Faith has to do with things that are not seen and hope with things that are not at hand.&md;Thomas Aquinas
- Faith is not merely your holding on to God&md;it is God holding on to you. He will not let you go! - E. Stanley Jones
- Understanding is the reward of faith. Therefore seek not to understand that thou mayest believe, but believe that thou mayest understand. - Augustine
- Faith is a voluntary anticipation.&md;Clement of Alexandria