primitive faith

History, however, proves that the question of oneness was yet undecided in that primitive faith, and that the intuition of God was not yet secured against the illusions of a double vision.

From Chips From A German Workshop - Volume I Essays on the Science of Religion by F. Max (Friedrich Max) Müller

It remains to show that the idea is not a mere figment devised to adorn a tale, but is a real article of primitive faith, which has given rise to a corresponding set of customs.

From The Golden Bough by Sir James George Frazer

Christianity has developed; out of its primitive faith, several great theologies, the mediæval Papacy, Protestantism, and is now evidently advancing into new and larger forms of religious, moral, and social activity.

From Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology by James Freeman Clarke

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 Francis William Newman

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 Annie Brassey