Quakerism (Religious Society of Friends)

Denomination·Founded 1652 CE

Judaism → Christianity → Catholicism → Protestantism → Quakerism (Religious Society of Friends) → 1 branch

Branch

Core Tenets

4 — a sample of the center, never the sum All 4 →
The shared center — held across the tradition
There is that of God in everyone. The Inner Light: direct access, universally issued — the premise beneath Quaker equality, worship, and refusal to fight. Go deeper — context →
Worship is expectant silence. No liturgy, no pulpit: Friends sit until the Spirit gives someone words worth breaking silence for. Go deeper — context →
War is refused outright. The peace testimony — Friends have gone to prison rather than to the front, in every century since Fox. Go deeper — context →
Held by most — broad, but not universal
Let your life speak. Integrity, simplicity, plain dealing: testimony is lived, not recited. Go deeper — context →

Cosmos & Afterlife

how reality is built, and what follows death
The nature of reality

Creation shot through with the Light, accessible inwardly

After death

Held lightly — the Light is now

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