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  2. Credo ut intelligam - Wikipedia

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    The phrase is based on a sentence of Augustine of Hippo (crede ut intellegas, [4] lit. "believe so that you may understand") [5] [2] to relate faith and reason. Augustine understood the saying to mean that a person must believe in something in order to know anything about God. [6] This sentence by Augustine is also inspired from Isaiah 7:9. [7]

  3. Belief - Wikipedia

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    To believe something is to take it to be true; for instance, to believe that snow is white is comparable to accepting the truth of the proposition "snow is white". However, holding a belief does not require active introspection. For example, few individuals carefully consider whether or not the sun will rise tomorrow, simply assuming that it will.

  4. Credo - Wikipedia

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    Credo III in The Liber Usualis An example: the autograph first page of the Symbolum Nicenum (the Credo) from Johann Sebastian Bach's Mass in B minor. In Christian liturgy, the credo (Latin: [ˈkɾeːdoː]; Latin for "I believe") is the portion of the Mass where a creed is recited or sung.

  5. List of Latin phrases (S) - Wikipedia

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    Also translated "I expect better" and "I hope for better things." spes bona: good hope: Motto of University of Cape Town. spes vincit thronum: hope conquers (overcomes) the throne: Refers to Revelation 3:21, "To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne."

  6. List of religious slurs - Wikipedia

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    Meaning origin and notes References Bible beater, Bible basher: North America: Evangelicals of Baptist, Methodist and Pentecostal denominations A dysphemism for evangelical Christians who believe in the inerrancy of the Bible, particularly those from Baptist, Methodist and Pentecostal denominations. [1] It is also a slang term for an ...

  7. Jewish principles of faith - Wikipedia

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    I believe with perfect faith that the Creator, Blessed be His Name, is the first and the last. I believe with perfect faith that to the Creator, Blessed be His Name, and to Him alone, it is right to pray, and that it is not right to pray to any being besides Him. I believe with perfect faith that all the words of the prophets are true.

  8. Omnism - Wikipedia

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    Omnism is the belief in all religions. [1] [2] Those who hold this belief are called omnists.In recent years, the term has been resurfacing due to the interest of modern-day self-described omnists who have rediscovered and begun to redefine the term.

  9. Credulity - Wikipedia

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    Credulity is a person's willingness or ability to believe that a statement is true, especially on minimal or uncertain evidence. [1] [2] Credulity is not necessarily a belief in something that may be false: the subject of the belief may even be correct, but a credulous person will believe it without good evidence.