The Quakers
The Quakers (Society of Friends) was formed in the 17th Century. It
was thought that a man called George Fox helped form the group and
gave its
name Quakers. The name Quakers started as an insult to Fox when the
judge said to him, “You quake at the presence of God.” He was standing
in court after being one of the leaders who started Quakers, which was
against the law to worship in any other way than the Roman Catholic
way.
The Friends Meeting House we visited in Liverpool is not classed as a
church but purely as a place of worship. As Quakers are non-Liturgical
(Waiting on the Spirit) they believe actions are not necessary and
everything comes from your heart. The room had six sides this had no
spiritual meaning; it was so each speaker could be heard in the room
as they believe in equal rights. There was a table in the centre of
the room containing various books, including the Bible, Quakers Faith
& Practice, Structure of Friends, and Advices & Queries. The table was
not called an Altar. The Meeting House didn’t have any icons, symbols
or even a crucifix. This was because Quakers believe in simplicity and
are against wealth and corruption. Which many churches in the 17th
contained gold icons and were beautiful places. The Meeting House had
no ministers or priests as they believe in equal rights. The Meeting
House was a practical building and was simply for the community and
worship to a higher power or God.
The service, which has no structure or hierarchy (warden), begins when
the first person enters the building and sits down. The service
continues as more people enter the room and everyone sits in silence
gathering their thoughts. When someone feels moved by the spirit they
may speak, dance, sing or read the Bible to express their worship.
They believe you only get out of the service what you put in. The
service is very relaxed and informal it is between God and yourself as
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Edmund S. Morgan's The Puritan Family displays a multifaceted view of the various aspects of Puritan life. In this book, we, the audience, see into the Puritans' lives and are thereby forced to reflect upon our own. The Puritan beliefs and practices were complicated and rather "snobbish," as seen in The Puritan Family.
Usually, two women traveled together and “the pairing of a young woman and an older woman was encouraged” (Bacon 29). This discouraged women from engaging in “too familiar behavior” (31) with persons they met in new towns, or with men who would sometimes accompany women on missions. The first order of business for a woman who had received the call and wanted to travel, was “to appear before the ministry committee of her own monthly meeting, which would then discuss her request in light of her health, her family duties, and the strength and soundness of her ministry. If the local meeting felt all was well, the quarterly and then the yearly meeting had to be consulted. This took time, but prevented men and women from wandering about, preaching doctrines not in accordance with Friends’ beliefs. It also tested the strength of the minister’s original sense of mission” (Bacon 33-34). Attending all these meetings, and proving one’s resolve was the only way to receive a “traveling minute” which was not required for Friends who were not ministers, but was sought if the person intended to attend other Friends meetings while traveling. Ministers, on the other hand, did require a traveling minute if they intended on preaching in other Quaker meetings. Ministers with the traveling minute were referred to as “Public Friends” (34).
George Fox “founded the Quaker religion in 1647... rejected the use of formal sacraments and ministry, refused to take oaths a...
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of Quakers” helped in the runaway of one of his personal slaves. The Society of Quakers was
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The Quakers are a religion that originated in England in protest of the Anglican Church's practices. The man in charge of this religious revolution was George Fox.1 He believed that God didn't live in churches as much as he lived in people's hearts.2 In that state of mind, he went out into the world in search of his true religion. He argued with priests, slept in fields, and spent days and nights trying to find followers. His first followers were mostly young people and women.
Once the service started, my friend showed me where the schedule for the service was and what each number meant. There were different colors of numbers in the book and those indicated what section the reading or song was coming from. This was different from the church that I attend because we have a choir and a band that plays the songs and if you wish to join in you can but for the Catholic Church there is, no choir and the members of the church are the ones who sing. After some singing, the priest came up to talk and this is very different from what I expected. I was used to flipping through the channels and seeing the catholic churches with the priest who were a ...