In the 35 years since, the group's enormous talent (and intermittent reissues of their classic album) have meant that even if their profile has done anything but build, their steady audience has been given reason to remain devout and committed.
It's also softened by mythology: the soul's cosmic transition is aided by the vulture's mystic eye, and the feeding of one's dead body to the birds is considered the devout Zoroastrian's final act of charity.
A devout Christian and father of four, Jones, who marketed Google's services to prospective clients, said that tax officials had interviewed him and taken interest in his evidence.
Of course Kenny remains a devout Catholic like so many millions of other Irish citizens.
The writers go on to say that to the certain segments of French society – "a population that is shaped by the legacy of France's various colonial enterprises, and that contains a large percentage of devout Muslims" – Charlie Hebdo's cartoons of the prophet "must be seen as being intended to cause further humiliation and suffering".
Like William Wilberforce and Lord Shaftesbury, his was a privileged upbringing; like them, he was a devout Christian determined to translate faith into action; like them, he was an unpredictable combination of political savvy and childlike clear-sightedness.
What happened was this: one day, while millions of the devout were tapping industriously on their keyboards, a small dialogue box appeared on the top right-hand corner of their screens.
For members of the Apple communion, such a message has much the same status as a text from the Vatican would have for devout Catholics.
Matt was always a devout Catholic, honoured with a papal knighthood as well as the Queen's accolade in 1968, after his third great team had reached the pinnacle of European Cup success.
Yet Christian persecution is a reality and I thank you for raising awareness about the suffering of countless devout Christians.
With Romney, Huntsman and Santorum it is also a firm expression of their religious convictions, as all are devout Mormons or Roman Catholics whose faiths put an emphasis on having large families.
