primitive faith

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The basis of his creed is Buddhism mixed with the doctrines of Confucius and Shintoism, the primitive faith of the nation.

From Empires and Emperors of Russia, China, Korea, and Japan Notes and Recollections by Monsignor Count Vay de Vaya and Luskod by Vay, P?ter

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

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 Clarke, James Freeman

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

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 Frazer, James George, Sir