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Factual Error

Wrong about facts without reaching the level of fallacy in an argument.
Entry link: Factual Error

Faith

The condition of believing and trusting in a perceived truth. Christian faith is the substance of things hoped for, and the evidence of things not seen, through the promise of eternal life through Jesus Christ (Hebrews 11).
Entry link: Faith

Fallacy

An error in reasoning. It is an argument in which the conclusion is not supported by the premise(s).
Entry link: Fallacy

Fallacy - Ad Hominem

Also known as Ad Hominem Abusive, Personal Attack

A fallacy in which a claim or argument is rejected because of a personal issue of the presenter of the claim or argument.

1. Person A makes claim X.
2. Person B attacks character, circumstances or actions of Person A
3. Fallacy - Person A's claim is judged false
Entry link: Fallacy - Ad Hominem

Fallacy - Ad Hominem Tu Quoque

Also known as "You Too Fallacy"

When an argument is concluded false because it is inconsistent with previous actions or words.

1. Person A makes claim X
2. Person B points out the inconsistent past actions or claims removes the chance of truth concerning claim X
3. Fallacy: Inconsistent past claim makes claim X false.

A hypocrite can still make a truthful claim as long as there is not a pair of inconsistent claims together where only one can be truth.
Entry link: Fallacy - Ad Hominem Tu Quoque

Fasting

An abstinence of eating in discipline to approach and know God more intimately.
Entry link: Fasting

Father God

The LORD God as Father reigns with providential care over His universe, His creatures, and the flow of the stream of human history according to the purposes of His grace. He is all powerful, all knowing, all loving, and all wise. God is Father in truth to those who become children of God through the Spirit of Adoption by their faith in Jesus Christ.
Entry link: Father God

Fear

The fleeing from opposition to what is loved1 (See Joy, Desire, Sadness)

 

 

Reference:

Saint Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, The City of God, trans., Marcus Dods, Modern Library Paperback ed. (New York: Random House, Inc., 2000), 449.

Entry link: Fear

Filioque Clause

A disputed clause that was added to the Nicene Creed that formed a divisive chasm between the Eastern churches and the West during the Middle Ages. In the East believers declared their faith in the Holy Spirit 'who proceeds from the father', while in the West the Holy Spirit is professed, 'who proceeds from the father and the Son' (in Latin: filoque). By the time of the split of the Roman Catholic Church from the Eastern Orthodox Church in 1054, it became part of the Western creed and a grievance of the East.
Entry link: Filioque Clause

Font

A symbol of a water fountain, it is a receptacle in a church that contains the water used in sprinkled baptism or holds the blessed holy water used in religious ceremony.
Entry link: Font

Form Criticism

Hermeneutic interpretation of Biblical text that identifies the original setting and attempts to isolate and identify the type of source of the information. (See Hermeneutics)

Entry link: Form Criticism

Four-Fold Scripture Analysis

Thomas Aquinas developed the four-fold sense of Scripture, with the Literal sense rooted foundationally to the other senses, which are the Allegorical sense (Spiritual Meaning), Tropological sense (Moral Meaning), and Allegorical sense (Eschatological Meaning).

Entry link: Four-Fold Scripture Analysis

Franciscans (Friars)

One of two mendicant orders (see Dominicans), founded shortly before the Fourth Lateran Council forbade more orders, was one of the last great religious orders of the Middle Ages. The Franciscans were founded upon the preaching of Francis of Assisi, who petitioned Innocent III for permission to found the order of Friars Minore in 1210. The Italian friars soon became a powerful tool for the papacy, as they gave the pope the ability to direct their movements without a bishop’s approval. They owned nothing, and begged for support as they preached among people they met in their travels. The Friars practice was focused upon their devotion to Christ through the practice of poverty, and they were popular among the poor, outcasts, and sick. The Franciscans wore grey robes and were known as the 'Grey Friars' (Hill, 193, 194).

Bibliography

Hill, Jonathan. "Early Christianity: A World Religion." Handbook to the History of Christianity. Zondervan, 2006.
Entry link: Franciscans (Friars)


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