This text examines the fundamental distinction between the act of faith and the formal expressions, or formulas, that attempt to encapsulate it. Faith is characterized as a profound reliance on the "new" that enters human experience, which stands in contrast to the transient and passing nature of all existing things. While formulas of faith serve an important auxiliary function, they remain secondary to the living experience of faith itself. The author emphasizes that reflection upon faith must be an ongoing, individual, and historically situated process that cannot be replaced by the mere preservation of traditional dogmas. To maintain authenticity, each new generation and every individual must engage with historical formulas critically, learning from them while simultaneously establishing a necessary distance. This conscious distance, arising from the temporal gap between the origin of a formula and the present moment of reflection, is essential for ensuring that faith remains a genuine and credible response to the divine rather than a hollow repetition of the past.