FAITH

may be defined as the a ent of the intellect to truths on evidence extrinsic to them; thus we believe in the existence of Mt. Erebus because of our belief in the explorers who have seen it. From this it is clear how large a part f. plays in daily life. ~ Supernatural or religious f. merely adds to the definition, that the extrinsic evidence is supernatural or religious (e.g.), the authority of God who has revealed the truth. Faith has also the sense of a body of beliefs; and, still further, it is often loosely used to describe confidence, trust which indeed presupposes, but is not itself faith. See RELIGIon.