article of religion

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The article of religion I shall divide into Christian, Jewish, Mahometan, and Pagan; and shall now and then hint at the particular sect of them that prevails in the places which I shall describe.

From An Enquiry into the Obligations of Christians to Use Means for the Conversion of the Heathens In Which the Religious State of the Different Nations of the World, the Success of Former Undertakings, and the Practicability of Further Undertakings, Are Considered by Carey, William

I was not of an age to judge of higher things, and I never missed the article of religion, of which, I believe, he had none.

From Willing to Die by Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan

The commonplace sound people submit, and compel the rest to submit, because they have been taught to do so as an article of religion and a point of honor.

From Back to Methuselah by Shaw, Bernard

In their case they do not even have the sustaining thought of its being an article of religion, so they are to be complimented the more.

From The Diary of a Goose Girl by Shepperson, Claude A.

Emily knew but one article of religion, and that bade her preserve, if need be, at the cost of life, the purity of her soul.

From A Life's Morning by Gissing, George