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

Though the primitive faith and purity exerted a wide-spread and moulding power, yet its influence became less and less as the numbers increased of those who sought only worldly advantage.

From The Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan by White, Ellen Gould Harmon

The simple naïveté with which he expresses this skin-deep and primitive faith is, indeed, one of the chief sources of charm in the 'Noble Numbers.'

From A History of English Literature by Fletcher, Robert Huntington

Active prayer and pure love are the elements of this faith, which is born of the Roman Church but returns to the Christianity of the primitive faith.

From The Lily of the Valley by Wormeley, Katharine Prescott

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