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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