The gospel in words: 'Fidelity'
Sixth in a series on "ity" words
Fidelity is "the quality of being faithful; faithfulness, loyalty, unswerving allegiance to a person or party." Our fidelity is our word of honor, our pledge, our oath. It is "strict conformity to truth or a fact; honesty, truthfulness, trustworthiness." Fidelity comes from the root word that means to trust or to have faith. One of my favorite Christmas songs is "Adeste Fidelis," literally meaning "o come all ye faithful."
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