co-believer

English

Etymology

co- +‎ believer

Noun

co-believer (plural co-believers)

1. Someone who shares one's faith; a brother in faith.

   Synonym: co-religionist

   • 1982 January 1, J. G. Platvoet, Comparing Religions: A Limitative Approach: An Analysis of Akan, Para-Creole, and IFO-Sananda Rites and Prayers, Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN:

     For it was highly probable in their belief system that one or more of such 'unknown' co-believers were sice, i.e. spacemen disguised as fellowmen, sent to carry private orders to them or to guide them to safety at the time of the […]

   • 2003, Irina Paert, Old Believers: Religious Dissent and Gender in Russia, 1760-1850, Manchester University Press, →ISBN, page 78:

     She had great authority among her co-believers who addressed her as ' mother - abbess ' . 115 Meshchanka Anna Mikhailova organised a home chapel and a school in her house where she taught poor children how to read and write without […]

   • 2021 June 29, The Prophet Naziyr, The Holy Book of the Prophesied Counselor: A Reference Guide to Spiritual Freedom, iUniverse, →ISBN:

     Help your co-believer who is in need of help, if it is safe to do so with their permission. 10. Those who sin must be corrected. Yahweh has given us His new Laws in order to hold one another accountable, in regards to the new agreement.

   • 2021 June 14, William James, The Complete Works of William James. Illustrated: The Varieties of Religious Experience, The Principles of Psychology, Pragmatism, Strelbytskyy Multimedia Publishing:

     […] way who should use the same technical apparatus, making the same distinctions, etc., but drawing opposite conclusions and denying free-will entirely, would fascinate the first philosopher far more than would the naïf co-believer.