SECT. XI Nor should it be passed by unnoticed, that the apostle calls faith ἔλεγχος ἀ βλεπομενων the evidence of things not seen. The word ἔλεγχος denotes these two things. I. Certain demonstration. According to Aristotle it is that sort of reasoning, which cannot be otherwise, but must necessarily be as we say. II. It denotes, a conviction of the mind by such a demonstration of the truth. In this sense it is used by Aristophanes. There is therefore in faith, if it be ἔλεγχος (an elenchus)