Faithfulin Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress, is seized at Vanity Fair, burnt to death, and taken to heaven in a chariot of fire. A Puritan used to be called Brother Faithful. The abiding disciples of any cult are called the faithful.
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 More on Faithful from Infoplease:
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