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Quakers

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 John 15:14 in the Bible. Originally, others referred to them as Quakers because the founder of the movement, George Fox, told a judge…

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Associations
Britain Yearly Meeting, Friends United Meeting, Evangelical Friends Church International, Conservative Friends, Friends General Conference
Distinct fellowships
Friends World Committee for Consultation
Founder
George Fox Margaret Fell
Origin
Mid-17th century England
Separated from
Church of England
Separations
Shakers

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Quakers

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Quakers

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related to Beginnings in England · 45
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related to Australia and New Zealand · 42
Quakers → An, Aotearoa New Zealand, Auckland, August, Australia, Australia Friends, Australia Yearly Meeting, Australian Quaker Life, Britain Yearly Meeting, Canberra, Considerable, Faith, Friends, Hobart, In, January, July, London, Meeting, Meetings
related to Theology · 42
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related to Friends and slavery · 38
Quakers → Abolition, America, Anglican, Ann Morgan, Anthony Benezet, As Quakers, Benjamin Lay, Britain, Britain Yearly Meeting, Colonial America, During, Effecting, Five, Following, Friends, George Harrison, In, James Phillips, James Stephen, John Barton
related to Friends in business and education · 38
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related to External links · 33
Quakers → April, Christ, Christian Quaker, Declaration, England Archived, Evangelical Friends Church, Faith, Friends, Friends Church, Friends Evangel, Friends General Conference, Friends Mission, Heritage Press, Indiana State Library, Internet ArchiveSociety, Liberal Quaker, Light, Manuscripts, May, Northwestern Yearly Meeting
related to Unprogrammed worship · 33
Quakers → After, Anyone, Australia, Beanite Quakerism, Britain, Canada, Christians, Conservative Friends, Europe, Friends, Friends General Conference, George Fox, George Fox's, God, Heavenly Father, Ireland, Liberal Friends, London Yearly Meeting, Meetings, Modern
related to Role of women · 32
Quakers → After, As, Barbara Blaugdone, By, Early Quaker, Even, For, Fox, From, George Fox, Hicksite, However, In, Katharine Evans, London Six Weeks Meeting, Margaret Fell, Mary Mollineux, Mary Penington, Moreover, Orthodox
related to Universalist · 32
Quakers → After, Britain, Britain Yearly Meeting, Christian, Christian Quakers, Christian Universalists, Christians, Delhi Worship Group, Despite, Friends, Friends General Conference, God, Hindus, India, Interest, John Linton, Later, Liberal Friends, Linton, Most
related to Gurneyites · 31
Quakers → Africa, Although Gurneyism, America, Bible, Bible's, Both, Britain, British Friend, Christian, Christian Quaker, Evangelical Quaker, Faith, Friends, Friends United Meeting Friends, God, Gurneyite Friends, Gurneyite's, In, India, Ireland

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friends meeting yearly quaker meetings christian worship evangelical united religious many orthodox god liberal britain church faith early society states

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QuakersAssociationsBritain Yearly Meeting, Friends United Meeting, Evangelical Friends Church International, Conservative Friends, Friends General Conference1.00infobox
QuakersDistinct fellowshipsFriends World Committee for Consultation1.00infobox
QuakersFounderGeorge Fox Margaret Fell1.00infobox
QuakersOriginMid-17th century England1.00infobox
QuakersSeparated fromChurch of England1.00infobox
QuakersSeparationsShakers1.00infobox
QuakersTheologyVariable; depends on meeting1.00infobox
hymnsinstance ofwhich mix programmed elements0.80text
readings with unprogrammed silence to varying degreesinstance ofwhich mix programmed elements0.80text
but do not necessarily identify as evangelical.The Christian movement dubbed Quakerism arose in mid-17th-century England from the Legatine-Ariansinstance ofwhich mix programmed elements0.80text
other dissenting Protestant groups breaking with the established Church of Englandinstance ofwhich mix programmed elements0.80text
true Christianityinstance ofQuakers also described themselves using terms0.80text

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