Faith
idea · 8 works · 18 mentions · 34 anchored passages
faith · belief · justification by faith · pistis · the faith · the faithful · trust · śraddhā
in the texts
Stromata
Faith, discussed as the disposition required of hearers and as the goal toward which philosophy prepares.
But when a man, out of faith, chooses to feast, he stands firm for the reception of the divine words, having gained faith as a reasoned judgment;
From this it is shown that the wisdom which Abraham pursued is teachable — passing from the contemplation of heavenly things to faith and righteousness according to God.
If, then, both proclaim the word — the one by writing, the other by the living voice — how are they not both to be welcomed, since they have made their faith active through love?
Adversus Marcionem
The faith of the healed woman, examined at length as directed toward the Creator and confirmed, not contradicted, by Christ.
" This faith of that woman, who believed only the Creator, Christ approving, answered himself to be the god of that faith which he approved.
that faith which, by saying that it is perfected through love, he likewise showed to be the Creator's.
For the rest, let the apostle proceed, denying that a man is justified by works of the law, but by faith.
Atharvaveda (Paippalāda)
The disposition of faith, described as both moving and still, and as the source by which people place trust in the knower.
Faith (śraddhā) is indeed both moving and still;
He who [knows this] becomes worthy of faith — people place their faith in him.
The Rights of War and Peace
The persuasion that an action accords with God's will, invoked to explain the warrant of biblical warriors.
The whole tenor of this passage shews, that the word faith implies a persuasion, that what they did was believed to be agreeable to the will of God.
Sāmaveda
The abstract virtue of faith, personified as the mother of Kaśyapa in a cosmogonic genealogy involving Agni.
Born by the higher law, when he came into being together with those who grow together — when Agni was the father of Kaśyapa, Faith was the mother, Manu the sage.
De Fuga in Persecutione
Trust and fidelity to Christ, presented as the true source of safety and protection against persecution, in contrast to monetary redemption.
which faith, if it can transfer a mountain, much more a soldier.
" This pertains to him who has sought to snatch my property, not my faith.
De Praescriptionibus Hereticorum
Christian faith, tested by heresy and grounded in the fixed rule rather than speculative inquiry.
Faith is placed in the rule;
that we ought not to wonder at these heresies — whether because they exist, since their coming was foretold, or because they subvert the faith of certain men, since that is their very purpose, so that faith, by having a trial, might also have a proof.
Scorpiace
The Christian virtue of trust and steadfastness, presented as the antidote to the scorpion-sting of heretical persuasion.
That faith too may be safe on other occasions by its own resources, when it suffers its own scorpions.