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Many people would agree that without faith, the world would be in chaos. The book Christian Foundation by Kathleen Fischer and Thomas Hart gives an interpretation on faith in our time. Many people would question the definition of faith. Faith is a gift, which is given by God to have trust in him and belief in him. This book is a great entry in anyone's life that has speculation on his or her own faith. The book has many ways into understanding ones own religion. It discusses the Bible, Jesus, Church, God's existence and Images of God. All of these chapters helped me get a better interpretation of what my religion entailed.

Faith is a state of mind through which goals, desires, plans and purposes are interpreted into spiritual equivalent and transferred it to infinity intelligence. Everything can be achieved if you believe in yourself.

What is faith? Is it a feeling, a thought, or a concept? As Martin Luther said in his book Freedom of a Christian, faith is “God’s work in us, that changes us and gives new birth from God.” When one thinks of faith, they maybe think about their personal relationship with God and the unconditional love He has. “He who through faith is righteous shall live.” The Word of God cannot be interpreted by any works but only by faith. Martin Luther had stated that, “It is clear that, as the soul needs only the Word of God for its life and righteousness, so it is justified by faith alone and not any works.” (Janz, A Reformation Reader, pg 109)

Part of having faith is that you are able to believe in God without doubt, even when others do not. Although there is skepticism and disbelief by strangers, close friends, or even your own family, this belief must be strong enough that you can follow Him without needing the approval of other people.

Faith is the sum and substance of life. Without faith, humans cannot achieve anything. If one was to observe all the greatest idea’s carried out in this world, one would find faith was the sole purpose. Look at Pi from Life of Pi, he was first enlightened by Hinduism; however, he discovers many more religions as he gets older. He becomes enlightened by Christianity and Islam. Pi’s religious curiosity creates anxiety in his family. It was tough for them to grasp why he practiced various religions. However, this did not stop Pi from staying faithful. This faith is put to test when he spends over 200 days stranded on a lifeboat in the Pacific Ocean with an orangutan, a zebra, a hyena and a tiger named Richard

Faith as defined by the Merriam –Webster Dictionary is a noun. Faith could mean having confidence or trust in a person or thing, a belief that is not based on proof, a code of ethics or the belief in God or the doctrines or teachings of religion. Faith is something that many struggle with, especially when their trust has been compromised or broken.

“Faith”, in the most technical sense, originates from the Latin word “fides and fido” — faith and to trust. Faith is not strictly a religious concept, but from a Christian viewpoint, faith is an agreement with God. Biblical faith is defined in Hebrews 11:1: “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen”. Faith is more than just mere confidence; it is a kind of confidence one only has when they have significant reason to believe something. Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274), a Catholic priest as well as both a philosopher and theologian, defines faith as trusting in God and believing what He has revealed — something that goes beyond human reasoning; “To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible”. To Aquinas, faith and reason are synonymous. Both involve believing the things that God has revealed, and recognizing these by signs such as miracles. One prime example of a “miracle” of God is

Faith is: trusting God and believing His Word. This definition has proven to be very significant in my walk with God.

Before I began this project, I jotted a few notes down as to what I thought the definition of faith was. All that really came to my mind was that faith is simply one’s belief in God. In a quest to further understand the true meaning of faith, I needed to find someone with a Catholic background and effusive wisdom. I immediately knew who I was going to interview.

Faith: complete trust or confidence in someone or something. Belief: an acceptance that a statement is true or that something exists. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Faith is the foundation for any Christian to exercise hope, charity, and good works and enter into a communion with God. Our notion of faith as Catholics is rooted in Christ whom we know through the Church’s traditions and the Scriptures. It is our concept and belief in God that the Church holds true and protected from error since the time of the early Christians. As Avery Dulles maintains, “theologians have taken faith to be the fundamental Christian virtue and have recommended the Scriptures, the sacraments, and the ministries of the Church to express and nurture the faith.”

(1822)”In college students show their love of God by loving and respecting their neighbors in dorms, in classes etc. Charity is the act of will and the exercise of charity increases our love of God and for our fellow man. Through knowledge and education from the scripture we are able to be students of God by understanding his will and exercising it. (1817) Hope is the theological virtue by which we desire the kingdom of heaven and eternal life as our happiness, placing our trust in Christ's promises and relying not on our own strength, but on the help of the grace of the Holy Spirit. "Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful."84 "The Holy Spirit . . . he poured out upon us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior, so that we might be justified by his grace and become heirs in hope of eternal life." Hope is in essence humankind placing full trust in Christ. We as students embark on this journey in hope of some day being able to say we graduated and receive a degree from an institution of higher learning. “(1814) Faith is the theological virtue by which we believe in God and believe all that he has said and revealed to us, and that Holy Church proposes for our belief, because he is truth itself. By faith "man freely commits his entire self to God."78 For this reason the believer seeks to know and do God's will. "The righteous shall live by faith." Living faith "work[s] through charity." Faith is the banishment of doubt, holding steady in a believe that we might not see yet, but believe strongly will come to fruition whether it may be in God, passing finals or becoming educated citizens in

Faith, it is the complete trust or confidence in someone or something. We as humans can only define it as that because we cannot tangibly grasp faith, or even understand it as we do our emotions. It can be as overwhelming as love and yet there may not be a reason or an understanding to why we have it or put our faith into someone or something. The only way to describe it is through the claim faith and reason are compatible. This claim is examined in the stories, Genesis, as God creates human beings to live amongst his other creations but to have free reign over the land, the Romans & Corinthians, as even Jesus’ faith was to put to the test, and it is deeply explored in St. Augustine’s Confessions. Furthermore, the compatibility of faith and reason is seen in The Book of Matthew as Jesus travels the lands of Israel blessing them with his own faith. Faith and reason would not be attainable if it weren’t for our triune God subtly giving us the knowledge we need to make decisions on our own.

What is faith? Faith is something different to everyone. If you asked a hundred different people, it is possible that you would get many diverse answers. Religious faith and non-religious faith are two very distinct terms. Faith holds an extremely complex meaning when discussing it in the context of religion. Faith is a belief. That holds true to every religious and non-religious person. Every faith involves a decision. It is not about what we claim to believe, but what we actually do believe, that is true faith. Throughout this paper, I am going to discuss Christian faith, how it pertains to daily life and Christianity as a whole. I also intend to delve into George W. Forell's discussion of Christian faith and analyze and

The catholic four common core questions, what is our relationship to God, How does one live a life of meaning and purpose, what is our relationship with the natural world and how can we form a more just society for the common good can be answered differently. However, the great books in the Catholic Intellectual tradition answered these questions in a broad distinctive way. This essay will examine the question, what is our relationship with God, from the view point of three writers, Dorothy Day, Thomas Merton and Pope Paul. What is our relationship with God was a better one answered by these writers. Most Christians refer a relationship with God to praying and communicating with him. As an explanation, many well-meaning Christians will explain that you can develop a personal relationship with God by “seeing Jesus. However, the great books in the Catholic Intellectual tradition such as Dorothy Day, The Long Loneliness, Thomas Merton, The Seven Storey Mountain, etc. have a broader explanation of our relationship with God. They say a relationship with God is being fully human, living a meaningful life and having a relationship with the triune God, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.