primitive faith

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There are two religions in Japan, Buddhism and Shintooism; the latter being the primitive faith, and the former an importation from China.

From A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam' Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months by Brassey, Annie

But Masonry teaches, and has preserved in their purity, the cardinal tenets of the old primitive faith, which underlie and are the foundation of all religions.

From Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry by Pike, Albert

The evidence of Eusebius, on any subject connected with primitive faith and practice, cannot be looked to without feelings of deep interest.

From Primitive Christian Worship Or, The Evidence of Holy Scripture and the Church, Against the Invocation of Saints and Angels, and the Blessed Virgin Mary by Tyler, James Endell

In a true sense, the doctrines of Confucius were but the elaborated and succinctly stated implications of their primitive faith.

From Evolution Of The Japanese, Social And Psychic by Gulick, Sidney Lewis

I imagined a little colony, so animated by primitive faith, love, and disinterestedness, that the collective moral influence of all might interpret and enforce the words of the few who preached.

From Phases of Faith Passages from the History of My Creed by Newman, Francis William