article of religion
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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 Reid, Stuart J. (Stuart Johnson)
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
And then not to neglect Pansy, not under any provocation to neglect her—this she had made an article of religion.
From The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 2 by James, Henry
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 Patterson, Robert
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 Hume, David