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Faith

Not mere agreement but trust: the hand that reaches out to receive what God gives

Faith is the trusting assent to God and his revelation by which a person receives salvation. The New Testament, especially Paul and Hebrews 11, presents it as confident reliance on God's promises, and Augustine deepened reflection on it. Christians broadly agree on faith's centrality, though they differ over how faith relates to human works in salvation, a question taken up under justification. Faith itself, as trust in God, is held in common.

How it traveled

  1. Hebrews
    Rome · 67
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  2. Romans
    Corinth · 67
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  3. Mark
    Rome · 68
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  4. Matthew
    Antioch · 80
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  5. Acts
    Rome · 84
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  6. Luke
    Rome · 84
    explains
  7. John
    Ephesus · 100
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  8. 1 John
    Ephesus · 100
    explains
  9. The Church History of Eusebius
    Caesarea · 339
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  10. A Commentary on the Acts of the Apostles
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
    explains
  11. The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on the Gospel of St. John
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
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  12. The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
    explains
  13. The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on Paul's Epistle to the Romans
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
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  14. Homilies on First Corinthians
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
    explains
  15. The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on Philippians, Colossians, and Thessalonians
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
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  16. The Commentary and Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on Galatians and Ephesians
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
    explains
  17. The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on the Epistle to the Hebrews
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
    explains
  18. The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on Timothy, Titus, and Philemon
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
    explains
  19. Lectures or Tractates on the Gospel According to St. John
    Hippo Regius · 430
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  20. Expositions on the Book of Psalms
    Hippo Regius · 430
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  21. City of God
    Hippo Regius · 430
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  22. A Treatise on the Predestination of the Saints
    Hippo Regius · 430
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  23. Sermons on Selected Lessons of the New Testament
    Hippo Regius · 430
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  24. Letters of St. Augustin
    Hippo Regius · 430
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  25. A Treatise on the Spirit and the Letter
    Hippo Regius · 430
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  26. A Treatise on the Merits and Forgiveness of Sins, and on the Baptism of Infants
    Hippo Regius · 430
    explains
  27. Treatise on the Sacraments (qq[60]-90)
    Paris · 1274
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  28. Treatise on the Incarnation (qq[1]-59)
    Paris · 1274
    explains
  29. Commentary on Galatians
    Wittenberg · 1546
    explains
  30. Book Third. the Mode of Obtaining the Grace of Christ. the Benefits It Confers, and the Effects Resulting from It
    Geneva · 1564
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  31. Book Fourth. of the Holy Catholic Church
    Geneva · 1564
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  32. Book Second. of the Knowledge of God the Redeemer, in Christ, as First Manifested to the Fathers, Under the Law, and Thereafter to Us Under the Gospel
    Geneva · 1564
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  33. XIV Five discourses on the soul's eternal salvation
    Northampton, Massachusetts · 1758
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  34. A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections, in Three Parts
    Northampton, Massachusetts · 1758
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  35. Inquiry Concerning Qualification for Communion
    Northampton, Massachusetts · 1758
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  36. Seventeen Occasional Sermons
    Northampton, Massachusetts · 1758
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  37. Misrepresentations Corrected and Truth Vindicated, in Reply to the Rev. Solomon Williams
    Northampton, Massachusetts · 1758
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  38. Five Sermons. On Different Occasions
    Northampton, Massachusetts · 1758
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  39. Fifteen Sermons. On Various Subjects
    Northampton, Massachusetts · 1758
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  40. Narrative of Surprising Conversions
    Northampton, Massachusetts · 1758
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