THE EQUINOX
Faith is not the stupid credulity of an awestruck
ignorance.
Faith is the consciousness and the confidence of love.
Faith is the cry of reason, which persists in denying the
absurd, even in the presence of the unknown.
Faith is a sentiment necessary to the soul, just as
breathing is to life; it is the dignity of courage, and the
reality of enthusiasm.
Faith does not consist of the affirmation of this symbol or
that, but of a genuine and constant aspiration towards the
truths which are veiled by all symbolisms.
Ifa man rejects an unworthy idea of divinity, breaks its
false images, revolts against hateful idolaters, you will call
him an atheist!
The authors of the persecutions in fallen Rome called the
first Christians atheists, because they did not adore the idols
of Caligula or of Nero.
To deny a religion, even to deny all religions rather than
adhere to formulz which conscience rejects, is a courageous
and sublime act of faith. Every man who suffers for his
convictions is a martyr of faith.
He explains himself badly, it may be, but he prefers
justice and truth to everything; do not condemn him without
understanding him.
To believe in the supreme truth is not to define it, and to
declare that one believes in it is to recognize that one does
not know it.
The Apostle St. Paul declares all faith contained in these
two things :—To believe that God is, and that He rewards
them who seek Him.
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