article of religion

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 William Carey

His judgment, indeed, of Pitt always seemed to me much warped by that adoration of Fox which in the early years of the century was almost an article of religion in Whig circles.

From Lord John Russell by Stuart J. (Stuart Johnson) Reid

The commissioners were also empowered to press the king on the article of religion, and to recommend to him the Scottish model of ecclesiastic worship and discipline.

From The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part E. From Charles I. to Cromwell by David Hume

If there is any article of religion fundamental, and indispensable to its very existence, it is the knowledge of God.

From Fables of Infidelity and Facts of Faith Being an Examination of the Evidences of Infidelity by Robert Patterson

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 Bernard Shaw