faithfulness
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thumb|Hosea with his arm raised. Klosterneuburger Evangelienwerk, fol. 7v. Faithfulness means unfailingly remaining loyal to someone or something, and putting that loyalty into consistent practice regardless of extenuating circumstances. It may be exhibited, for example, by a husband or wife who does not engage in sexual relationships outside of the marriage. It can also mean keeping one's promises no matter the prevailing circumstances, such as in certain communities of monks who take a vow of silence. Literally, it is the state of being full of faith in the sense of steady devotion to a per
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Vinony's link graph records 254 inbound references to faithfulness, and connects out to Islam, Christianity and Judaism.
It is catalogued under topics including Fruit of the Holy Spirit, Religious philosophical concepts and Sociology of the family.
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thumb|Hosea with his arm raised. Klosterneuburger Evangelienwerk, fol. 7v. Faithfulness means unfailingly remaining loyal to someone or something, and putting that loyalty into consistent practice regardless of extenuating circumstances. It may be exhibited, for example, by a husband or wife who does not engage in sexual relationships outside of the marriage. It can also mean keeping one's promises no matter the prevailing circumstances, such as in certain communities of monks who take a vow of silence. Literally, it is the state of being full of faith in the sense of steady devotion to a person, thing, or concept.
== Etymology == Its etymology is distantly related to that of fidelity; indeed, in modern electronic devices, a machine with high "fidelity" is considered "faithful" to its source material. Similarly, a spouse who, inside a sexually exclusive relationship, has sexual relations outside of marriage could be considered as being "unfaithful" and as having committed "infidelity".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “faithfulness” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.