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noun

Believer n.

One who believes; one who is persuaded of the truth or reality of some doctrine, person, or thing.

(Theol.) One who gives credit to the truth of the Scriptures, as a revelation from God; a Christian; in a more restricted sense, one who receives Christ as his Savior, and accepts the way of salvation unfolded in the gospel. "Thou didst open the Kingdom of Heaven to all believers."

(Eccl. Hist.) One who was admitted to all the rights of divine worship and instructed in all the mysteries of the Christian religion, in distinction from a catechumen, or one yet under instruction.

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"Believer" Quotes from Famous Books

... His facial lines showed much more character than I had noticed in the features of other local natives. That was quite sufficient for me. I am a great believer in physiognomy and first impressions, which are to me more than any certificate in the world. I have ...

— An Explorer's Adventures in Tibet • A. Henry Savage Landor

... my life in my own way and put religion aside. I was a great believer in fate and in will-power, and thought to put them in the place of God, with the consequence that I was led to do many rash and foolish things. I am now thankful to say that my outlook on life is entirely changed; I have proved God's ...

— Science and Health With Key to the Scriptures • Mary Baker Eddy

... of the translation he often called Reuben Hale away from his work, and the pair went for a walk. Reuben also explained the phenomenon of the peek-stone on the theory of "deflected light." Mr. Brush declares that Martin Harris was a believer in "second sight," and that "Smith was a good and kind neighbor"—testimony which is also given by Mrs. McKune, Mrs. Squires and ...

— Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 26, August, 1880 - of Popular Literature and Science • Various

... of universal suffrage have come to realize that all existing systems of political power are absurd, and are completely inadequate to meet the pressing issues of life. This view is also borne out by a statement of one who is herself an ardent believer in woman suffrage, Dr. Helen L. Sumner. In her able work on EQUAL SUFFRAGE, she says: "In Colorado, we find that equal suffrage serves to show in the most striking way the essential rottenness and degrading character of the existing ...

— Anarchism and Other Essays • Emma Goldman

... and passing from him to the church; that of the mutual indwelling of himself and his disciples: "Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me." John 15:1-7. It is a vital union of the believer's soul with Jesus, through which he receives from Jesus life and fruitfulness, as the branch from its union with the vine. Here is an assertion of deity. The Jews regarded Moses with the highest reverence; but no one of them ever spoke of abiding ...

— Companion to the Bible • E. P. Barrows

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