Perseverance of Salvation - Can faith be lost?

Essay from the year 2007 in the subject Theology - Systematic Theology, , course: Christology / Soteriology, language: English, abstract: While some would argue that 'those who have true faith can lose their faith neither totally nor finally,' others believe that faith can be lost even though you have been a true Christian. This paper has the aim to compare Arminian and Calvinist traditions concerning the theology of perseverance of the believer and concluding with the writers' view about this subject.