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fideism
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fi·de·ism  (fd-z-m, fd-)
n.
Reliance on faith alone rather than scientific reasoning or philosophy in questions of religion.

[Probably from French fidéïsme, from Latin fids, faith; see bheidh- in Indo-European roots.]

fide·ist n.
fide·istic adj.

fideism [ˈfiːdeɪˌɪzəm]
n
(Christian Religious Writings / Theology) the theological doctrine that religious truth is a matter of faith and cannot be established by reason Compare natural theology
[from Latin fidēs faith]
fideist  n
fideistic  adj

fideism
a reliance, in a search for religious truth, on faith alone. — fideist, n. — fideistic. adj.
See also: Faith


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This is not the language of an alien group of fideists.
Like fundamentalist fideists today, the skeptics viewed the conflict of dogmas from the sidelines and despaired of joining any particular team with confidence.
Some Catholics have become fideists, who believe what Christ teaches through his Church but find no strong basis for this in philosophy and human reason.
 
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