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6 giorni fa · The Society of Friends, also known as Friends Church or Quakers, is a Christian group that arose in mid-17th-century England, dedicated to living under the “Inward Light,” or direct inward apprehension of God, without creeds, clergy, or other ecclesiastical forms.
- Richard T. Vann
Quakers are people who belong to the Religious Society of Friends, a historically Protestant Christian set of denominations. Members refer to each other as Friends after John 15:14 in the Bible, and originally, others referred to them as Quakers as the founder of the movement, George Fox, told a judge to quake "before the authority ...
8 mag 2024 · Quaker, member of the Society of Friends, or Friends church, a Christian group that stresses the guidance of the Holy Spirit, that rejects outward rites and an ordained ministry, and that has a long tradition of actively working for peace and opposing war.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
The Religious Society of Friends ( Quakers) is a diverse global community. Learn more about what Quakers believe and how Friends practice their faith today.
19 mag 2017 · Quakers, or the Religious Society of Friends, was founded in England in the 17th century by George Fox and played a key role in abolition and women’s suffrage.
Society of Friends, known as Quakers, Protestant denomination that arose in England in the mid-17th century. The movement began with radical English Puritans called Seekers, who rejected the Anglican church and other existing Protestant sects.
The Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) are a movement that began in seventeenth-century England. George Fox (that’s him standing on a chair to preach to a tavern crowd in the picture above) was frustrated by the Christian institutions of his day.
