Belief vs. Faith

Beliefnoun

Mental acceptance of a claim as true.

Beliefnoun

Faith or trust in the reality of something; often based upon one's own reasoning, trust in a claim, desire of actuality, and/or evidence considered.

Beliefnoun

(countable) Something believed.

Beliefnoun

(uncountable) The quality or state of believing.

Beliefnoun

(uncountable) Religious faith.

Beliefnoun

(in the plural) One's religious or moral convictions.

Beliefnoun

Assent to a proposition or affirmation, or the acceptance of a fact, opinion, or assertion as real or true, without immediate personal knowledge; reliance upon word or testimony; partial or full assurance without positive knowledge or absolute certainty; persuasion; conviction; confidence; as, belief of a witness; the belief of our senses.

Beliefnoun

A persuasion of the truths of religion; faith.

Beliefnoun

The thing believed; the object of belief.

Beliefnoun

A tenet, or the body of tenets, held by the advocates of any class of views; doctrine; creed.

Beliefnoun

any cognitive content held as true

Beliefnoun

a vague idea in which some confidence is placed;

Belief

A belief is an attitude that something is the case, or that some proposition about the world is true. In epistemology, philosophers use the term to refer to attitudes about the world which can be either true or false.

Faithnoun

The process of forming or understanding abstractions, ideas, or beliefs, without empirical evidence, experience or observation.

Faithnoun

A religious belief system.

Faithnoun

An obligation of loyalty or fidelity and the observance of such an obligation.

Faithnoun

A trust or confidence in the intentions or abilities of a person, object, or ideal.

Faithnoun

(obsolete) Credibility or truth.

Faithnoun

Belief; the assent of the mind to the truth of what is declared by another, resting solely and implicitly on his authority and veracity; reliance on testimony.

Faithnoun

The assent of the mind to the statement or proposition of another, on the ground of the manifest truth of what he utters; firm and earnest belief, on probable evidence of any kind, especially in regard to important moral truth.

Faithnoun

The belief in the historic truthfulness of the Scripture narrative, and the supernatural origin of its teachings, sometimes called historical and speculative faith.

Faithnoun

That which is believed on any subject, whether in science, politics, or religion; especially (Theol.), a system of religious belief of any kind; as, the Jewish or Mohammedan faith; the Christian faith; also, the creed or belief of a Christian society or church.

Faithnoun

Fidelity to one's promises, or allegiance to duty, or to a person honored and beloved; loyalty.

Faithnoun

Word or honor pledged; promise given; fidelity; as, he violated his faith.

Faithnoun

Credibility or truth.

Faithinterjection

By my faith; in truth; verily.

Faithnoun

a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny;

Faithnoun

complete confidence in a person or plan etc;

Faithnoun

institution to express belief in a divine power;

Faithnoun

loyalty or allegiance to a cause or a person;

Faith

Faith, derived from Latin fides and Old French feid, is confidence or trust in a person, thing, or concept. In the context of religion, one can define faith as .