Obviously, it's an act of faith at this stage. Good God! -What on earth?

当然，现阶段要凭信念大胆前进了。上帝啊！-怎么了？

So he dropping out at 14 to become a painter was, I suppose, an act of faith.

所以他会在14岁就辍学成为一名画家，我认为是信念的驱使。

In this sense, art comes much closer to being a spiritual experience. And its creation, an act of faith.

从这个意义上说，艺术更接近于一种精神体验。它的创造，是一种信仰的行为。

By this, an act of faith is committed, through which one accepts blindly the communion cup of beauty.

借此，一种信仰的行为被承诺， 通过这种行为， 一个人盲目地接受了美丽的圣餐杯。

A penitent is told to perform an " act of faith" as penance; which is usually the repetition of certain prayers of the nature of a creed.

忏悔者被告知要进行“信仰行为” 作为忏悔； 这通常是重复某些具有信条性质的祈祷文。