That is probably
the basic element of faith which we never really get past for our entire lives.
He suggested that memorization of
the basic elements of our faith can nourish our spiritual growth.
Not exact matches
Christianity becomes guilty
of syncretism when critical,
basic elements of the Christian
faith are undermined or replaced by the religious
elements of its host culture or the world around it.
This may all seem a little remote, although Seyyed Hossein Nasr
of the Center for Muslim - Christian Understanding at George Town University in Washington says, the
basic element in dialogue is «
faith in God.»
If we use the overpowering rationality
of God alone as the clue to resolving the problem
of suffering in the world, then, we miss a fundamental
element which has always been
basic to Christian theology, namely, the recognition that both reason and
faith are essential for salvation and liberation.
In particular, the process theology, which conceives
of God as working in tenderness and love to overcome the recalcitrant
elements of evil and advance the world process by a continuous creation, is consistent with
basic notes in Christian
faith.
It differs from traditional fundamentalism in that it acknowledges love a fundamental
element of faith, but it remains distinct from mere moralism in that it includes certain
basic beliefs about God and Jesus Christ.
It is in any case a fact that Israel's creation
faith — certainly a
basic element of the structure
of Yahwism from early times — receives scant specific mention (apart from the J story
of Gen. 2:4 b ff.)
«I considered that in An Oak Tree I had deconstructed the work
of art in such a way as to reveal its single
basic and essential
element,» he wrote, «belief that is the confident
faith of the artist in his capacity to speak and the willing
faith of the viewer in accepting what he has to say.»