hello, I'm learning English.
For a christian, is christianity his/her faith or belief? I simply want to know the difference among faith and belief in English.
2007-01-18 02:34:15 · 7 answers · asked by coner_in 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
ok so as a christian you have a belief in god. Faith is the act of having that belief without reason or proof. I don't know if that makes sense to you but it's the only way I can explain it.
2007-01-18 02:38:06 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Christianity is a faith, that is a system of beliefs on which the believer bases his life.
A belief is a single thing which you accept as being true. There are many beliefs within a faith and in life generally. There are all kinds of things which I believe which have nothing to do with my faith -- for instance, the fact that if turn on a switch the light will go on.
Faith can also describe an attitude to something or someone in which or whom one puts one's trust. "I have faith in this person or in this book" means that I trust the person or book concerned.
Faith is in very general terms to do with trust. Belief is to do with accepting something as true. This is an important distinction in Christianity. After all, as Jesus pointed out, demons believe in God -- and tremble.
2007-01-18 10:59:36 · answer #2 · answered by Doethineb 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Christianity is the faith. Various forms of it (Baptist, Anglican etcetera) are often but wrongly described as "the Anglican faith" which should correctly be "the Anglican denomination".
Beliefs are various elements of the faith, and each different denomination places slightly different emphasis on different beliefs. If you can find a copy of the Apostle's Creed in English, which I believe (!) every Christian denomination accepts, it still lists about seven different things which the person saying it separately believes in. "I believe in God . . . I believe in Jesus Christ . . . I believe in . . .". And some denominations require their followers to believe various further things.
2007-01-18 15:22:11 · answer #3 · answered by bh8153 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Typically "belief" means mental acceptance. "Faith" implies belief, trust, loyalty, and action based on belief.
These are doctrinal distinctions. In Greek (and in the Bible), "belief" and "faith" are the same word (pistis), and both mean to be convinced of something.
In English or in Greek, 'faith' has nothing to do with evidence or a lack of evidence.
2007-01-18 10:51:25 · answer #4 · answered by NONAME 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Christianity is a belief. Faith could be one's church eg; she is of the Catholic faith, Baptist faith, etc.
The dictionary defines it also as 'belief in religious doctrine' and 'a system of religious belief such as Christian faith.
Faith and belief can be used interchangeably. I have faith in God. I believe in God. My faith is important to me. My religious beliefs are important to me.
Hope this helps!
2007-01-18 10:53:49 · answer #5 · answered by Judith 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Basically, "belief" is trust (in God, a person, an idea), while "faith" is the ability to be trusted (which can be extended to being trusted to keep trusting, i.e. believing)
2007-01-18 13:18:48 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
faith relates mostly to religion ,while belief is wider in the sense that it can include belief in ideologies, theories ,thoughts..etc
2007-01-18 11:22:28 · answer #7 · answered by sara l 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋