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sola fide

English translation: by faith alone

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Latin term or phrase:sola fide
English translation:by faith alone
Entered by: Fuad Yahya

01:51 May 2, 2002
Latin to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Religion
Latin term or phrase: sola fide
literary
Shannon Palmer
by Faith alone
Explanation:
These phrases hark back to the Lutheran movement. Take a look at the following:

http://mb-soft.com/believe/txc/solafide.htm

"Sola Fide - Sola Gratia - Sola Scriptura
General Information
Martin Luther began the Protestant Reformation based on the concepts of these three Latin phrases.

Sola Gratia means "by Divine Grace alone". That means that people cannot "earn" their way into Heaven by "Good Works" but are entirely dependent on the Generosity and Grace of God for it. This eliminated the value of "human merits" and said that God Alone could affect that outcome.

Sola Fide means "by Faith alone". This refers to the "human" side of the above concept. Since people could not actively "earn" their way into Heaven, this statement was necessary to describe exactly what requirement actually applies to us. It essentially says that we each must totally accept that the Lord is God, that He is the Only God, and that the person recognizes His Atonement as freeing mankind to be able to accept Him. When a person deeply believes that, it fulfills the human responsibility, which then encourages the Lord to provide His Grace.

Usually, a third Latin phrase is associated with those two, Sola Scriptura, which means "by the Bible alone". Rather than trusting any human to provide information about important religious information, that statement means to ONLY rely on what the Sacred Scripture says."

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4 +7by Faith alone
Fuad Yahya
5faith only
Marcus Malabad
4faith only
Bill Greendyk


  

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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
faith only


Explanation:
Latin for "only faith." The early Christian church leaders quoted:

Sola Scriptura
Sola Fide
Sola Deo Gloria. (To God only be the glory)

Bill Greendyk
United States
Local time: 18:48
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Antoinette Verburg: 'fide' is the ablative of 'fides'; this expression means 'by faith only, through faith alone'
2 hrs
  -> Yes, you're right, Mirror. Thanks!
neutral  Chris Rowson (X): agree with mirror, "through faith alone" is a standard translation for this.
3 hrs
  -> Thanks, Chris, I got it.
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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
faith only


Explanation:
Latin for "faith (belief) only" but it should 'fides'

Marcus Malabad
Canada
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in TagalogTagalog

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Antoinette Verburg: no, it should not be 'fides'. 'Fides' is the nominative, but this is the ablative
2 hrs
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53 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +7
by Faith alone


Explanation:
These phrases hark back to the Lutheran movement. Take a look at the following:

http://mb-soft.com/believe/txc/solafide.htm

"Sola Fide - Sola Gratia - Sola Scriptura
General Information
Martin Luther began the Protestant Reformation based on the concepts of these three Latin phrases.

Sola Gratia means "by Divine Grace alone". That means that people cannot "earn" their way into Heaven by "Good Works" but are entirely dependent on the Generosity and Grace of God for it. This eliminated the value of "human merits" and said that God Alone could affect that outcome.

Sola Fide means "by Faith alone". This refers to the "human" side of the above concept. Since people could not actively "earn" their way into Heaven, this statement was necessary to describe exactly what requirement actually applies to us. It essentially says that we each must totally accept that the Lord is God, that He is the Only God, and that the person recognizes His Atonement as freeing mankind to be able to accept Him. When a person deeply believes that, it fulfills the human responsibility, which then encourages the Lord to provide His Grace.

Usually, a third Latin phrase is associated with those two, Sola Scriptura, which means "by the Bible alone". Rather than trusting any human to provide information about important religious information, that statement means to ONLY rely on what the Sacred Scripture says."

End of quote.


Fuad




    Reference: http://mb-soft.com/believe/txc/solafide.htm
Fuad Yahya
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 27

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Antoinette Verburg
1 hr
agree  Chris Rowson (X)
2 hrs
agree  Francesco D'Alessandro
4 hrs
agree  Bill Greendyk: Very nice explanation!
9 hrs
agree  John Kinory (X)
11 hrs
agree  Сергей Лузан
4 days
agree  Egmont
303 days
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