Faith in this sense is more than the assent to dogmatic truths proposed for belief by “the authority of God revealing.” It is a personal and direct acceptance of God Himself, a “receiving” of the Light of Christ in the soul, and a consequent beginning or renewal of spiritual life. But an essential element in this reception of the “light” of Christ is the rejection of every other “light” that can appeal to sense, passion, imagination, or intellect.
