The arguments can be organized by distinguishing faith's essence from its perfections:
Foundational assent: decisive acknowledgment and acceptance; theologians dispute whether this itself varies.
Detailed affirmations: their number increases as further teachings become known and accepted.
Effects and qualities: reverence, reassurance, strength, and good deeds may develop or diminish.
Knowledge versus faith: knowing that a proposition is true is not necessarily identical in theological analysis to accepting and submitting to it.
Verses concerning increase, early scholarly usage, and precise theological arguments can thus be read with their respective referents made explicit, without concealing the remaining disagreement.