Faith
idea · 11 works · 21 mentions · 38 anchored passages
faith · belief · الايمان · al-taṣdīq · al-īmān · islām · justification by faith · pistis · religion · the faith
in the texts
Stromata
Faith, discussed as the disposition required of hearers and as the goal toward which philosophy prepares.
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.
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;
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.
For the rest, let the apostle proceed, denying that a man is justified by works of the law, but by faith.
that faith which, by saying that it is perfected through love, he likewise showed to be the Creator's.
Risālah fī ʻilm al-akhlāq
Belief, named as the first of the three religious roots.
The root of the matter in religion is that a man hold firm to faith, keep clear of the grave sins, and discharge the obligatory duties.
Kitāb al-Safīnah al-Nūḥīyah fī al-sakīnah al-rūḥīyah
Īmān, religious faith, invoked as both the prerequisite and the outcome of exposing oneself to philosophical argument, with certainty denied to the opponent of religion.
And from this you come to know that the mentioning of their sayings and the reciting of their arguments is a thing that requires strength of faith and perfection of mastery, inasmuch as one comes to know that no demonstration equals the Qurʼan and that there is no certainty for him who opposes the religion.
Atharvaveda (Paippalāda)
The disposition of faith, described as both moving and still, and as the source by which people place trust in the knower.
He who [knows this] becomes worthy of faith — people place their faith in him.
Faith (śraddhā) is indeed both moving and still;
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.
Risālat al-Wāridāt
Īmān defined as taṣdīq, inner assent to the articles set forth, identical in meaning with islām, unaffected in its reality by works — which only deepen its rootedness — and not forfeited by grave sin, with unbelief reserved for one who declares a forbidden act licit and so denies the messengership.
and credence grows more firmly rooted in the soul by righteous deeds, though deeds have no part in the reality of faith — contrary to the Muʻtazilah;
And one who holds an act of disobedience to be licit falls into unbelief;
And a grave sin does not put the one who commits it outside faith;
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.
" This pertains to him who has sought to snatch my property, not my faith.
which faith, if it can transfer a mountain, much more a soldier.
De Praescriptionibus Hereticorum
Christian faith, tested by heresy and grounded in the fixed rule rather than speculative inquiry.
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.
Faith is placed in the rule;
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.