FAITH, in Philosophy and Theology, that assent which we give to a proposition advanced by another, the truth of which we do not immediately perceive from our own reason or experience; or it is a judgment or assent of the mind, the motive whereof is not any intrinsic evidence, but the authority or testimony of some other who reveals or relates it. Hence, as there are two kinds of authorities and testimonies, the one of God, and the other of man, faith becomes distinguished into divine and human.
Divine Faith, is that founded on the authority of God; or it is that assent we give to what is revealed by God.
The objects of this faith, therefore, are matters of revelation. See REVELATION and RELIGION.
Human Faith, is that whereby we believe what is told us by men. The object hereof is matter of human testimony and evidence. See METAPHYSICS.