VirianLexicon:faith
Faith
- Confident belief in the truth, value, or trustworthiness of a person, idea, or thing.
- Belief that does not rest on logical proof or material evidence.
- Loyalty to a person or thing; allegiance: keeping faith with one's supporters.
- often Faith. Christianity. The theological virtue defined as secure belief in God and a trusting acceptance of God's will.
- The body of dogma of a religion: the Muslim faith.
- A set of principles or beliefs.
Compare to phaith.
Alternatively, faith occurs when a person places trust in a thing or person due to belief. To put it somewhat more long-windedly, faith occurs when a person vests trust in person or thing where:
- evidence exists which throws doubt upon or compels the rejection of trustworthiness.
- insufficient evidence exists to compel or suggest trustworthiness.
See also: acceptance, belief, trust, truth, truth value
