act of faith
Noun
Meaning
(religion) An action that demonstrates one's religious faith.
(figuratively) An action taken based on trust in a positive outcome with no guarantees.
Synonym: leap of faith
Examples
A library implies an act of faith.
Rather, like Proust 's sentences in Updike's description, they "seek an essence so fine the search itself is an act of faith."
It’s what our young people can teach us— that one act of faith can make a miracle, that love is stronger than hate, that peace can triumph over conflict.”
Catholic spirituality is the spiritual practice of living out a personal act of faith (fides qua creditur) following the acceptance of faith (fides quae creditur).
‘Belief in God, on the other hand, could be either an act of faith or a belief based on conclusions from evidence and argument.’
"It asks for an act of faith from the public that its secret policies are correct," said Edna Jaime, a political scientist at a policy institute, Mexico Evalua.