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Faith vs Godliness - What's the difference?

faith | godliness |

As nouns the difference between faith and godliness

is that faith is a feeling, conviction, or belief that something is true or real, not contingent upon reason or justification while godliness is the condition and quality of being godly, pious, scrupulously observant of all the teaching's of one's religion, practicing virtue and avoiding sin.

As a proper noun Faith

is {{given name|female|from=English}}.

faith

English

Alternative forms

* feith, feithe, fayth, faythe, faithe (obsolete)

Noun

  • A feeling, conviction, or belief that something is true or real, not contingent upon reason or justification.
    • Have faith that the criminal justice system will avenge the murder.
    I have faith that my prayers will be answered.
    I have faith in the healing power of crystals.
  • A religious belief system.
    • The Christian faith .
  • An obligation of loyalty or fidelity and the observance of such an obligation.
    • He acted in good faith to restore broken diplomatic ties after defeating the incumbent.
  • A trust or confidence in the intentions or abilities of a person, object, or ideal.
    • I have faith in the goodness of my fellow man.
  • (obsolete) Credibility or truth.
  • * Mitford
    • the faith of the foregoing narrative

    Quotations

    (English Citations of "faith")

    Synonyms

    * belief, confidence, trust,ignorance, arrogance, conviction * (system of religious belief) religion

    Hyponyms

    * (religious belief system) Christianity, Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, Wicca, Eckankar, , Zoroastrianism, New Age, Unitarian Universalism, Jainism, Shinto, LaVeyan Satanism, Scientology, Taoism, Yoruba, Druidry, paganism, Juche, Cao Dai, Confucianism, Spiritism, humanism, Rastafarianism, Tenrikyo

    Derived terms

    * Attic faith * bad faith * faithful * faithfully * faithfulness * faith-healer * faithing * faithless * in faith * Punic faith

    Related terms

    * affidavit * bide * fidelity

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    godliness

    English

    Noun

  • The condition and quality of being godly, pious, scrupulously observant of all the teaching's of one's religion, practicing virtue and avoiding sin.
  • * 1562 , The Thirty-Nine Articles , :
    • Bishops, Priests, and Deacons are not commanded by God's laws either to vow the estate of single life or to abstain from marriage. Therefore it is lawful also for them, as for all other Christian men, to marry at their own discretion, as they shall judge the same to serve better to godliness .
  • * 1604 , Shakespeare, Othello , :
    • Nay, but he prated,
    And spoke such scurvy and provoking terms
    Against your honour
    That, with the little godliness I have,
    I did full hard forbear him.

    See also

    * deity