What is faith according to Bible-based theologians?
I am going to reference this article from theologian C. Michael Patton of Parchment and Pen in my explanation. Patton explains that according to Reformation (conservative, Bible-based) theologians, faith has 3 parts: • notitia – This is the basic informational foundation of our faith. It is best expressed by the word content. Faith, according to the Reformers must have content. You cannot have faith in nothing. There must be some referential propositional truth to which the faith points. The proposition “Christ rose from the grave,” for example, is a necessary information base that Christians must have. • assensus – This is the assent or confidence that we have that the notitia is correct… This involves evidence which leads to the conviction of the truthfulness of the proposition… This involves intellectual assent and persuasion based upon critical thought… assensus… says, “I am persuaded to believe that Christ rose from the grave.” • fiducia – This is the “resting” in the information
