And now for me, faith is less of a brick edifice of belief and doctrine and right answers than it is a wide-open sky ringed with pine trees black against a cold sunset, an altar, a welcome, bread and wine, an unfathomably ferocious love, and a profound sense of my belovedness. Sarah Bessey
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To believe without evidence, especially to believe in the absence of evidence. For example, “I know what I believe and I don’t need evidence to convince me.” The word faith comes from the Middle English feith, from the Old French fayth, from Latin fiducia, meaning “trust.” The word has been used in English since before the Norman Conquest of England in 1066. It was first recorded around 1140 in a context referring to religious belief, but it was certainly being used by the 13th century as a synonym for belief by writers such as William Langland and Thomas Becket.

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