"...it is sometimes claimed that faith and reason are hostile to each other, and whatever is of reason cannot be of faith. But this represents [a] misunderstanding of the biblical concept of faith. The biblical notion of faith includes three components: notitia (understanding the content of the Christian faith), fiducia (trust) and assensus (the assent of the intellect to the truth of some proposition). Trust is based on understanding, knowledge, and the intellect's assent to truth. Belief in rests on belief that. One is called to trust in what he or she has reason to give intellectual assent (assensus) to. In Scripture, faith involves placing trust in what you believe to be true. Faith is not a blind, irrational leap in the dark. So faith and reason cooperate on a biblical worldview. They are not intrinsically hostile."
- J.P Morland and William Lane Craig, Philosophical Foundations For A Christian Worldview.
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