McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Faithful

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McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Faithful

Subjects in this Topic:

Faith And Reason
Faith And Works
Faith of Jesus
Faith, Act Of
Faith, Articles Of
Faith, Confessions Of
Faith, Fundamental Articles Of
Faith, Rule Of
Faith-cure
Faithful
Fakir
Fakone
Falaquera, Sean Tobias Ben-Joseph Ben
Falashas
Falcandus, Hugo
Falck, Nathaniel
Falco, Juan Conchillas
Falcon
Falconer Thomas, A.M.

1. A title given in Scripture to Christians (1Co_4:17; Eph_6:21, et al.).

2. The term, ðéóôïὶ , the faithful (FIDELES), was the general and favorite name in the early Church to denote baptized persons. By this name they were distinguished, on the one hand, from the ἄðéóôïé , such as were not Christians; and, on the other, from the catechumens. -Bingham, Orig. Eccl. book 1, chapters 3, 4; Riddle, Christian Antiquities, book 2, chapter 5.