FAITH - Belief and trust in Christ as one's Savior. The effects of this faith are freedom from the power of the devil, the attainment of virtue, and progress toward perfection and union with God. One is saved by faith through grace-a living faith manifested by a righteous life ^{( Rom. 5; Rom. 3:28; Gal. 2:16; Eph. 2:8; James 2:14 17).}

According to the definition of St. Paul, Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen ^{(Heb. xi. 1)}; that is, a trust in the unseen as though it were seen, in that which is hoped and waited for as if it were present.

Faith, says St. Cyril of Jerusalem, is the eye which enlighteneth every man's conscience; it giveth man knowledge. For, as the prophet says, If ye will not believe, ye shall not understand. ^{Isa. vii. 9; Cyr. Cat. v.}

The instrument to introduce us to the doctrine of faith is the Creed.