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Puritan group, | Nickname for a [[Puritanism|Puritan]] group, correctly known as “Society of Friends in Truth”, or “Society of Friends”. Founded by George Fox. | ||
The name comes from the spiritual “trembling” experienced during meetings. Fox taught that: “All wait patiently upon the Lord, whatsoever condition you be in; wait in the grace and truth that comes by Jesus; if ye do so, there is a promise to you and the Lord God will fulfill it to you” (quoted in Picard 267). In the meetings people did neither need a fixed liturgy nor a priest, sitting in silence until their spirit was “moved by God” (Picard 267). | |||
Sources: | In the 17th and 18th centuries Quakers irritated the authorities by their strange behaviour: addressing everyone with “thou” (=Du), keeping their hats on all the time (i.e. showing no deference to their betters and superiors), refusing to swear oaths and to pay tithes. Under the [[Clarendon Code]] they were severely persecuted. In 1681 William Penn founded Pennsylvania as a Quaker refuge. | ||
In the 19th century, the Society of Friends was a central force in Evangelicalism and they made great efforts in social work, helping members of the working class in the industrial cities or the Irish during the Famine. | |||
Sources: | |||
Picard, Liza. ''Restoration London''. London: Phoenix, 1997. | Picard, Liza. ''Restoration London''. London: Phoenix, 1997. | ||
Kenyon, J.P. ''Dictionary of British History''. London: Wordsworth, 1989. | Kenyon, J.P. ''Dictionary of British History''. London: Wordsworth, 1989. | ||
Latest revision as of 14:22, 17 October 2018
Nickname for a Puritan group, correctly known as “Society of Friends in Truth”, or “Society of Friends”. Founded by George Fox.
The name comes from the spiritual “trembling” experienced during meetings. Fox taught that: “All wait patiently upon the Lord, whatsoever condition you be in; wait in the grace and truth that comes by Jesus; if ye do so, there is a promise to you and the Lord God will fulfill it to you” (quoted in Picard 267). In the meetings people did neither need a fixed liturgy nor a priest, sitting in silence until their spirit was “moved by God” (Picard 267).
In the 17th and 18th centuries Quakers irritated the authorities by their strange behaviour: addressing everyone with “thou” (=Du), keeping their hats on all the time (i.e. showing no deference to their betters and superiors), refusing to swear oaths and to pay tithes. Under the Clarendon Code they were severely persecuted. In 1681 William Penn founded Pennsylvania as a Quaker refuge.
In the 19th century, the Society of Friends was a central force in Evangelicalism and they made great efforts in social work, helping members of the working class in the industrial cities or the Irish during the Famine.
Sources:
Picard, Liza. Restoration London. London: Phoenix, 1997.
Kenyon, J.P. Dictionary of British History. London: Wordsworth, 1989.