Quakers
Sign in to saveQuakers are people who belong to the Religious Society of Friends, originally known as simply the Society of Friends, a historically Protestant Christian set of denominations. Members refer to each other as Friends after in the Bible. Originally, others referred to them as Quakers because the founder of the movement, George Fox, told a judge to "quake before the authority of God".
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Quakers are members of the Religious Society of Friends, a Protestant Christian denomination whose followers call themselves Friends based on biblical teachings. The group, founded by George Fox, gained the nickname "Quakers" from Fox's instruction to a judge to "quake before the authority of God," and they remain a historically significant religious movement.
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- Religious Society of Friends
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- Religious denominations of the world - comprising a general view of the origin, history, and condition of the various sects of Christians, the Jews, and Mahometans, as well as the pagan forms of (14761837356).jpg
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- George Fox, the principal early leader of the Quakers
- Christian denomination.theology
- Variable; depends on meeting
- Christian denomination.founder
- George Fox Margaret Fell
- Christian denomination.founded_date
- Mid-17th century
- Christian denomination.founded_place
- England
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- Church of England
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- Shakers
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- Friends World Committee for Consultation
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59 sectionsContents
- History
- Beginnings in England
- Migration to North America
- Quietism
- Splits
- Hicksite–Orthodox split
- Beaconite controversy
- Rise of Gurneyite Quakerism, and the Gurneyite–Conservative split
- Beanite purge
- Richmond Declaration
- Missions to Asia and Africa
- Theory of evolution
- Quaker Renaissance
- Conscientious objection
- World Committee for Consultation
- Evangelical Friends
- Role of women
- Friends in business and education
- International development
- Friends and slavery
- Theology
- Conservatives
- Evangelical
- Gurneyites
- Holiness
- Liberal
- Universalist
- Non-theists
- Practical theology
- Calendar and church holidays
- Worship
- Programmed worship
- Unprogrammed worship
- Governance and organisation
- Organisational government and polity
- International organization
- Yearly meetings
- Membership
- Worship for specific tasks
- Memorial services
- Marriage
- National and international divisions and organisation
- By country
- Africa
- Australia and New Zealand
- Asia
- Europe
- Middle East
- North and South America
- Service organisations
- Relations with other churches and faiths
- Ecumenical relations
- Relations with other faiths
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- Primary sources
- Children's books
- External links
Quakers are people who belong to the Religious Society of Friends, originally known as simply the Society of Friends, a historically Protestant Christian set of denominations. Members refer to each other as Friends after in the Bible. Originally, others referred to them as Quakers because the founder of the movement, George Fox, told a judge to "quake before the authority of God".
The Friends are generally united by a belief in each human's ability to be guided by the inward light to "make the witness of God" known to everyone. Quakers have traditionally professed a priesthood of all believers inspired by the First Epistle of Peter. To differing extents, the Friends avoid creeds and hierarchical structures. They include those with evangelical, holiness, liberal, orthodox, independent, and traditional Quaker understandings of Christianity. Especially since the 1960s, some Friends have approached spirituality from a universalist perspective rooted in religious pluralism, occasionally practicing multiple religious belonging, while others have approached the faith from nontheist perspectives. In 2017, there were an estimated 377,557 adult Quakers, 49% of them in Africa followed by 22% in North America.