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In Aquinas, "faith" refers to
{ 1 } - what we can know by God's special revelation to us (which comes through the Bible and Christian Tradition).
{ 2 } - the trust that we have in God.
{ 3 } - what is unreasonable to accept.
{ 4 } - a specific religion.
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In Aquinas, "faith" refers to
{ 1 } - what we can know by God's special revelation to us (which comes through the Bible and Christian Tradition).
{ 2 } - the trust that we have in God.
{ 3 } - what is unreasonable to accept.
{ 4 } - a specific religion.
Faith goes beyond what human reasoning by itself can establish and gives us additional information about God. Faith is reasonable since it involves believing what God has revealed. We can recognize God's revelation by special signs (including things like miracles).
By faith, we can know that God came into the world through Jesus Christ and that God is triune (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit). These truths about God cannot be known by reason alone.
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In Aquinas, "faith" refers to
{ 1 } - what we can know by God's special revelation to us (which comes through the Bible and Christian Tradition).
{ 2 } - the trust that we have in God.
{ 3 } - what is unreasonable to accept.
{ 4 } - a specific religion.
Aquinas recognized that it was important to trust God. One aspect of this trust is to believe what God has revealed. It's this specific kind of trust that Aquinas had in mind when he used the word "faith."
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In Aquinas, "faith" refers to
{ 1 } - what we can know by God's special revelation to us (which comes through the Bible and Christian Tradition).
{ 2 } - the trust that we have in God.
{ 3 } - what is unreasonable to accept.
{ 4 } - a specific religion.
Aquinas thought that faith is reasonable since it involves believing what God has revealed. We can recognize God's revelation by special signs (including things like miracles).
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In Aquinas, "faith" refers to
{ 1 } - what we can know by God's special revelation to us (which comes through the Bible and Christian Tradition).
{ 2 } - the trust that we have in God.
{ 3 } - what is unreasonable to accept.
{ 4 } - a specific religion.
We sometimes use the word "faith" this way. For example, we use "the Jewish faith" to mean "the Jewish religion." But this isn't exactly what Aquinas had in mind.
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