Core tenet of Quakerism (Religious Society of Friends)
There is that of God in everyone.
The Inner Light: direct access, universally issued — the premise beneath Quaker equality, worship, and refusal to fight.
Understanding it — context, not catechism: how this passage is held
"That of God in everyone" is Quakerism's founding conviction and the source of nearly everything else it does: if the divine is present in every person, then no one needs a priest to reach it, no one may be owned, no one may be killed in war, and no one deserves deference by rank. Early Friends refused to remove their hats to social superiors or to use formal address, and were imprisoned in large numbers for it — a fact that indicates how seriously both sides took the implication.
The same ground, other faiths
claims that share this one's ideas
Every person has worth, and it is not conditional.
The Ethical Culture Movement
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Holi — the festival of color.
Hinduism · rite
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Awakening is uncovered, not acquired.
Buddhism
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The fourfold sangha.
Jainism · community
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Every human bears the image of God.
Judaism
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The good Samaritan.
Christianity · story
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