1st Edition

Faith in Certain Terms

By Olli-Pekka Vainio Copyright 2024
176 Pages
by Routledge

176 Pages
by Routledge

176 Pages
by Routledge

This book considers how certainty and faith are related in the Christian faith. It asks: How certain can Christian believers be about their beliefs about God? Should Christians doubt the assurance of their salvation? The chapters provide a historical analysis of both certainty of faith and assurance from the early Church to modern times while also paying attention to confessional differences. The... Read more

1. Introduction

2. Some preliminary considerations

3. Certainty and the Church

4. Faith, Certainty and Fallibilism

5. Faith and doubt

6. Certainty challenged

Biography

Olli-Pekka Vainio is Professor Of Dogmatics, Faculty of Theology, University of Helsinki.