Faith and unbelief
What Faith and unbelief means in Religious Studies GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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The people's lack of faith meant Jesus could not perform any miracles there, except healing a few sick people, and he was amazed by their unbelief.
The father cries out that he does believe and asks for help to overcome his unbelief, a model of honest, developing faith.
Topics that use Faith and unbelief
- Theme G: St Mark’s gospel: the life of Jesus (AQA GCSE)
- Theme H: St Mark’s Gospel as a source of religious, moral and spiritual truths (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Authority of Jesus
- Conflict with authority
- Discipleship
- Discipleship and failure
- Divine authority
- Faith
- Faith and Healing
- Kingdom of God
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