Notions of Faith

Re Sola Fida, April

Father Pope’s blog, which is quoted in Rev. Daniel Scott’s article, includes the concept of faithfulness into the meaning of faith. Unfortunately the meaning of faith to the average person is connected to mental assent to certain doctrines or interpretations. Both articles follow respective lines of theological correctness and claim accuracy and correct interpretation. Religious professionals nitpicking their way through the debris or baggage of a dispute of half a millennium ago do little to inspire faithfulness to Jesus in the present. It seems to have been one of the main factors leading to our present diminished and often ideological notions of faith.