objective evidence. Moreover, Bultmann claims that only this view of faith is consonant with Paul’s principle of justification by faith alone. In order to do full justice to faith, then, the principle of justification sola fide applied by Paul against seeking security in good works must be applied also against seeking security in objective facts of history. For to fail to do so, that is, to base faith on certain objective events in history, is a salvation by works! True faith is believing in spite