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The word faith can be traced to the Latin word fidere, meaning to trust.
Archive 2009-01-01 Rus Bowden 2009
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The word, after all, comes from the Latin fidere, to trust.
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Religion (probably from the Latin religare, “to restrain”) is a set of beliefs; faith (from fidere, “to trust”) is the unquestioning trust in the truth of those beliefs.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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Religion (probably from the Latin religare, “to restrain”) is a set of beliefs; faith (from fidere, “to trust”) is the unquestioning trust in the truth of those beliefs.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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Religion (probably from the Latin religare, “to restrain”) is a set of beliefs; faith (from fidere, “to trust”) is the unquestioning trust in the truth of those beliefs.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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Religion (probably from the Latin religare, “to restrain”) is a set of beliefs; faith (from fidere, “to trust”) is the unquestioning trust in the truth of those beliefs.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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* [2172] Unum bonum est, quod beatæ vitæ causa et firmamentum est, sibi fidere
The Doctrine of Justification by Faith 1616-1683 1965
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So they are instructed to do by the best of the philosophers: “Unum bonum est, quod beatæ vitæ causa et firmamentum est, sibi fidere,” Senec.
The Doctrine of Justification by Faith 1616-1683 1965
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“Hodie etiam geritur, ut per exorcistas voce humana et potestate divina flagelletur et uratur et torqueatur diabolus, et cum exire se et homines dei dimittere saepe dicat, in eo tamen quod dixerit fallat .... cum tamen ad aquam salutarem adque ad baptismi sanctificationem venitur, scire debemus et fidere [which sounds rather hesitating], quia illic diabolus opprimitur”
The Mission and Expansion of Christianity in the First Three Centuries 1851-1930 1908
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* Hodie etiam geritur, ut per exorcistas voce humana et potestate divina flagelletur et uratur et torqueatur diabolus, et cum exire se et homines dei dimittere saepe dicat, in eo tamen quod dixerit fallat .... cum tamen ad aquam salutarem adque ad baptismi sanctificationem venitur, scire debemus et fidere [which sounds rather hesitating], quia illic diabolus opprimitur: [1626] 1
The Mission and Expansion of Christianity in the First Three Centuries 1851-1930 1908
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