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The Relationship Of Faith And Knowledge In The Lutheran Confessions, Jaroslav Pelikan
The Relationship Of Faith And Knowledge In The Lutheran Confessions, Jaroslav Pelikan
Concordia Theological Monthly
The proper understanding of the nature of faith is a matter of central importance in Christian theology. For this reason the Christian Church has sought for terminology by which to describe faith in a manner that will do justice to all the affirmations of Holy Scripture concerning it. The origin and development of some of this terminology was the topic of a recent essay in the pages of this journal. There it was indicated that the distinction between the believing (knowing) subject and the believed (known) object was intended to safeguard an integral element in the Christian definition of faith …