What follows about moral responsibility if foundational faith is defined as assent?

Increase and Decrease of Faith: Assent, Conviction, and Detailed Belief

• If deeds are excluded from faith’s essence, their obligatory force disappears
• Perfection consists only in additional information and is unrelated to obedience
• The merit of deeds becomes identical with the technical definition of basic assent
• Even with a definitional distinction, obedience remains obligatory and affects religious excellence