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Stanley Hauerwas on Faith Embodied in Community - Anabaptist (Hebrews 11:1)

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"Faith is not individual certainty but the community's shared trust. The 'substance' becomes visible in how the church lives; the 'evidence' is the community that actually hopes. Faith is proven not by arguments but by alternative existence." — Stanley Hauerwas. Anabaptist: faith as communal witness.

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