Talk:apistia

Almost always found italicized. 98.170.164.88 05:37, 23 May 2022 (UTC)

RFV discussion: June–November 2022
May be a similar situation to katalepsis above: it seems to appear (italicized) in code-switching contexts. 98.170.164.88 06:01, 15 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Failed. - TheDaveRoss  17:31, 3 November 2022 (UTC)

Now I wonder what the page said. TheDaveRoss, we have a page at ἀπιστία. The same word in Latin script is apistia, and the Greek page links to this now-deleted page. Did this page previously give a definition that's similar to the Greek page, or did it have something unrelated? WhatamIdoing (talk) 19:17, 12 January 2024 (UTC)


 * I copied the contents to User:WhatamIdoing/apistia for your perusal. - TheDaveRoss  17:47, 16 January 2024 (UTC)
 * @TheDaveRoss, a quick trip to the nearest web search engine begins with a simple dictionary definition that says apistia means "unbelief".  A little lower on the page, it gives this definition from a modern dictionary:
 * want of faith, unbelief: shown in withholding belief in the divine power, Mark 16:14, or in the power and promises of God, Romans 4:20; Hebrews 3:19; in the divine mission of Jesus, Matthew 13:58; Mark 6:6; by opposition to the gospel, 1 Timothy 1:13; with the added notion of obstinacy, Romans 11:20, 23; Hebrews 3:12. contextually, weakness of faith: Matthew 17:20 (where L T Tr WH ὀλιγοπιστίαν); Mark 9:24. (In Greek writings from Hesiod and Herodotus down.)
 * and this one from an older one:
 * unbelief. From apistos; faithlessness, i.e. (negatively) disbelief (lack of Christian faith), or (positively) unfaithfulness (disobedience) -- unbelief.
 * which I think both verify the "lack of religious faith" part of that definition.
 * The old version also asks for quotations, and I have found these:
 * "The apistia of the disciples, who have put their trust in God and Jesus but cannot yet rid themselves of all their fear, doubt, and scepticism, does not inhibit Jesus from acting on their behalf..."
 * "They suffer from apistia: not 'faithlessness' but 'lack of trust' (that is, in that whole cluster of convictions that Paul identifies as his evangelion, 'good news')..."
 * "Among Paul's followers,  the writer of 1 Timothy 1.13 picks up Paul's language of hybris and connects it with both blasphemy and apistia, making Paul say of himself , 'I was once a blasphemer and a persecutor and a man of hybris , but I have been treated with mercy , because in my apistia I did not know better."
 * Most sources are just talking about the meaning of the Greek word, rather than using it directly. WhatamIdoing (talk) 18:25, 16 January 2024 (UTC)
 * I closed that RFV because there was no verification provided, if you can find good quotes you can request it be undeleted via a new RFV discussion. Note that the quotes you provided will likely not suffice to show it as an English word, but rather a transliterated Greek word. - TheDaveRoss  14:04, 18 January 2024 (UTC)