The expression of this essential belief, faith, and acceptance is prayer.

Mr. Bethune's essential belief is that when things turn up again, his old airline will be poised to make real money.

Quite simply, it's a textbook example of how artists can alter their sound without compromising their essential beliefs.

"To do that is to lose our essential belief in democracy," Ms. Esposito said.

These essential beliefs are precisely what separate us from Islamic extremists.

The penultimate line refers to the essential Jewish belief in the coming of the Mashiach.

Many are the houses of worship that put their theology right up front, declaring essential beliefs in the title they put on the building.

Many former friends of Bill Clinton once thought he shared their most essential beliefs.

The doctrine is based upon five essential beliefs that are purposely biblical in nature.

The church has ten articles of faith that are the "essential beliefs of College Church".