"--Preface of
Yasumar[=o] (A.D. 712) to the "Kojiki."
"These, the 'Kojiki' and 'Nihongi' are their [the Shint[=o]ists]
canonical books, ... and almost their every word is considered
undeniable truth."
"The Shint[=o] faith teaches that God inspired the foundation of
the Mikadoate, and that it is therefore sacred."--Kaburagi.
"We now reverently make our prayer to Them [Our Imperial
Ancestors] and to our Illustrious Father [Komei, + 1867], and
implore the help of Their Sacred Spirits, and make to Them
solemn oath never at this time nor in the future to fail to be
an example to Our subjects in the observance of the Law
[Constitution] hereby established."--Imperial oath of the
Emperor Mutsuhito in the sanctuary in the Imperial Palace,
T[=o]ki[=o], February 11, 1889.
"Shint[=o] is not our national religion. A faith existed before
it, which was its source. It grew out of superstitious teaching
and mistaken tradition. The history of the rise of Shint[=o]
proves this."--T. Matsugami.
"Makoto wo mote KAMI NO MICHI wo oshiyureba nari." (Thou
teachest the way of God in truth.)--Mark xii. 14.
"Ware wa Micni nuri, Mukoto nari, Inochi nari.
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