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| | Society of Friends |
 | | The Society of Friends has no set creed, liturgy or sacraments, but derives from the Protestant tradition of: a belief in salvation by faith, the trinity, a priesthood of all believers and scripture as the sole spiritual authority. | | | Friends traditionally demonstrated their spiritual concerns by a symbolic refusal to follow the ways of the world in matters such as dress and speech. | | | Friends emphasise that true religion comes from a personal encounter with God and following Christian ideals in everyday life, and not through observing sacraments or ceremony. |
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http://philtar.ucsm.ac.uk/encyclopedia/christ/esp/socfriend.html
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| | Religious Society of Friends - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | The Religious Society of Friends (commonly known as Quakers or Friends) was founded in England in the 17th century by people who were dissatisfied with the existing denominations and sects of Christianity. | | | Early Friends did not believe in the practice of the outward rites and sacraments, believing that holiness can exist in all the activities of one's life—all of life is sacred. | | | Friends also believe that any meal with others can be a form of communion and therefore have no such rite in their worship. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_Society_of_Friends
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| | Facts About Friends |
| | Friends hold that the words of the Bible should not be taken as the final revelation of God. | | | Friends believe that God's revelation is still continuing, that God is not absent or unknowable but that we can find God ourselves and establish a living relationship thus being able to live in the world free from the burden and guilt of sin. | | | The origins of the Society are found in the seventeenth century in England, a time when many were questioning the established beliefs of the age. |
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http://www.quaker.org/friends.html
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| | Society of Friends - Quakers |
| | Many doctrines of the Society of Friends were taken from those of earlier religious groups, particularly those of the Anabaptists and Independents, who believed in lay leadership, independent congregations, and complete separation of church and state. | | | Their fundamental belief is that divine revelation is immediate and individual; all persons may perceive the word of God in their soul, and Friends endeavor to heed it. | | | The Society of Friends (in full, Religious Society of Friends), is the designation of a body of Christians more commonly known as Quakers. |
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http://mb-soft.com/believe/txc/quakers.htm
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| | New England Yearly Meeting of Friends |
| | Friends in New England try in their meetings for worship to capture the same spirit, a sense of God's presence in the midst, and to be open to new revelation. | | | Early Friends came to worship with their cup overflowing, and it was then that the power was given to go out and to share the Truth that had come to them. | | | Since those early beginnings, Friends have continued to hold that their faith is one of first-hand experience of God in their lives. |
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http://www.neym.org
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| | Religious Movements Homepage: The Religious Society of Friends - Quakers |
| | Friends' ability to adapt to change in the world through their 350 year existence has enabled them to remain a strong and active part of the world's community. | | | Some say these worries led the Friends to become more rigid and ritualistic in their practices, while others say the shift to a tighter structure was merely the inevitable next step in the evolution of the religion of Quakerism. | | | Although the Meetings of Friends in England and America still grew, and their early sense of the world mission of 'Truth' remained, it became clear that 'the Children of Light' would not replace the Church of England. |
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http://religiousmovements.lib.virginia.edu/nrms/quak.html
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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Society of Friends (Quakers) |
| | There is also a microscopical sect known as "Primitive" Friends, mainly offshoots from the Wilburites who claim to have eliminated all the later additions to the faith and practice of the early founders of the society. | | | In his nineteenth year, while at a fair with two friends, who were "professors" of religion, he was so shocked by a proposal they made him to join them in drinking healths, that he abandoned their company. | | | In an incredibly short time, a host of unordained apostles, male and female, were scouring the two hemispheres, carrying to the ends of the earth the gospel of Fox. |
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http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06304b.htm
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| | Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) - Some Information on Quakerism |
| | The Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) had its beginnings in Great Britain in the middle of the 17th century. | | | Today Friends continue as a faith which places great emphasis on living our lives in the here and now. | | | George Fox traveled far and wide talking to priests and other religious leaders, but was not satisfied with what he heard and what he saw of their practice. |
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| | The Mystery Worshipper: Religious Society of Friends, Salisbury, England |
| | The church: Religious Society of Friends, Salisbury, England. | | | The house was indistinguishable from the others in the street except for the large "Society of Friends Meeting House" notice in the front garden. | | | We could do with more of the Society of Friends' approach to worship in other denominations. |
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http://ship-of-fools.com/Mystery/2000/252Mystery.html
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| | RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS (QUAKERS) |
| | In 1688, the Friends in Germantown PA took a public stand against slavery; this is believed to be the first stirrings within a religious organization of the abolitionist movement in America. | | | Like all religions that heavily concentrate on individual spiritual searching, the Religious Society of Friends is difficult to describe in a short essay. | | | The Friends World Committee for Consultation is an international body centered in London, England. |
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http://www.quakers-swfl.org/quaker.html
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| | Society of Friends |
| | This made it difficult for Quakers to make friends with neighbours as they were unwilling to follow the traditional custom of taking off their hats when they entered a house. | | | Fox's central dogma was that of the inner light, communicated directly to the individual soul by Christ. | | | Fox formed a group called the Friends of Truth. |
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http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/REquakers.htm
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| | Quakers (Society of Friends) |
| | Read about Friends from the point of view of a University of Virginia sociology of religion student; history, theology, and links. | | | Comprehensive list of all things Quaker (Religious Society of Friends): meetings and churches, organizations, schools, writings, and much more. | | | Return to Peace Church Bible Study Home Page or use your browser's "Back" or "Previous" button to return to where you were when you clicked to come here. |
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http://www.read-the-bible.org/Quakers.html
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| | United Society of Friends Women |
| | It was the winter of 1881, when Eliza A. Cox learned that many women from the Friends had joined a Woman's Foreign Missionary Society that had just been organized in the village by another church. | | | Eliza suddenly found herself in the grip of a beautiful vision. | | | Widows and Orphans: "True Religion" for Friends - Simon Bulimoh and Patrick Nugent |
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http://www.firstfriendswhittier.org/usfw
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| | The Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) |
| | The Religious Society of Friends is near the opposite end of the religious spectrum. | | | "A Friend's meeting, however silent, is at the very lowest a witness that worship is something other and deeper than words, and that it is to the unseen and eternal things that we desire to give the first place in our lives. | | | They rely heavily upon spiritual searching by individual members, individual congregations and meetings (regional assemblies). |
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http://www.religioustolerance.org/quaker.htm
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| | Quaker information and religious beliefs |
| | Quakers are members of the Religious Society of Friends, a faith that emerged as a new Christian denomination in England during a period of religious turmoil in the mid-1600's, and is practiced today, in a variety of forms, around the world. | | | To members of this religion, the words "Quaker" and "Friend" mean the same thing. | | | The Quaker Information Center works on behalf of eight member organizations and seven associate members to answer questions from Friends and non-Friends alike, directing inquirers to information and resources from and about the Society of Friends. |
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http://www.quakerinfo.org
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| | The Religious Society of Friends |
| | Pendle, England, birthplace of the Religious Society of Friends. | | | Note that Friends Services for the Aging has their own list. | | | Those interested in a discussion focusing more on the practical side of ministry as well as current topics in the Friends church might wish to subscribe to Friends-Church@XC.org For further questions, please contact [mailto:] Joe Ginder. |
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http://www.quaker.org/#14
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| | Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of The Religious Society Of Friends |
| | Recent bequests have come to Philadelphia Yearly Meeting from Friends who wished to make a last and loving gift to their extended faith community. | | | Both my daughters have attended Haverford Monthly Meeting since infancy, and my older daughter learned the word “meetinghouse” before she learned the word “church.” But she didn’t learn the word “Quaker” until she started attending Philadelphia Yearly Meeting and the Gathering of Friends. | | | Note: Working Group links are listed under their respective Standing Committee pages. |
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| | SEYM (Society of Friends/Quakers) |
| | Our outrage at those acts of terrible violence is rooted in our profound belief that every human being is a creature of God and has been put here for a very special purpose. | | | We commit ourselves to work and pray for the time of justice and peace promised by God when "peoples shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; and nations shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war anymore." (Isaiah 2:4) | | | (PDF Document 75 K) Friends Committee on Unity with Nature (FCUN) |
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http://www.seym.org/peace.html
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| | Friends United Meeting: About FUM |
| | is an initiative of Mennonite and Church of the Brethren congregations and Friends Meetings that supports violence reduction efforts around the world. | | | An ecumenical letter which has been signed by over 1500 other leaders, titled, "Deny Them Their Victory: A Religious Response to Terrorism" | | | Friends World Committee for Consultation has called "a special conference to consider Friends' responses to the growing dangers of global war and terrorism." The title of this conference is "Peace Witness in a Time of Crisis: A Friends' Consultation" and will be held at Guilford College, Greensboro, North Carolina, January 17-20, 2003. |
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http://www.fum.org/about/peacepage.htm
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| | Society of Friends News |
| | Every American school child is taught that our nation's founding ideas stemmed from the European Enlightenment, which called for replacing religion with human reason. | | | Even as word emerged Saturday that American peace activist Tom Fox had been tortured before being fatally shot in Iraq, his Quaker congregations in Virginia were calling for his peace mission to continue. | | | Society of Friends News continually updated from thousands of sources around the net. |
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| | State College Friends Meeting (Quakers) |
| | We worship Sundays at 11 a.m.; programs for adults start at 9:45 a.m. | | | The State College Friends Meeting is a Monthly Meeting (local congregation) of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). |
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http://www.bym-rsf.org/scfm
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| | OYM Base Page |
| | We know that there is not ritual that we can perform, no creed or prayer we can recite could have the slightest influence in comparison. | | | There is POWER and there is LOVE and they reach out in compassion and touch us and make us clean to the extent that we submit to them, yielding up to God our very lives, as Jesus did on the cross, and being raised up by God to new life, as Jesus was on Easter. | | | Ohio Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends |
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| | Home Page |
| | More information on these religious education programs may be found by following the links at the left of this page. | | | The Friends Committee on Scouting serves to encourage and promote the faith, history, and testimonies of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) through religious education programs for Quaker Scouts/Guides, and Quaker Camp Fire USA members. | | | Friends Committee on Scouting is an affiliated program of the Friends World Committee for Consultation - Section of the Americas. |
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http://scouting.quaker.org
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| | Cincinnati Friends Meeting |
| | Meeting for worship is semi-programmed, lasts for about an hour, and begins at 11:00 A.M. each Sunday. | | | Cincinnati Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) is located at 8075 Keller Road in Cincinnati, Ohio. | | | Rick Polhamus, from Christian Peacemaker Teams, will speak about his experiences as a CPT member at 1 pm on April 29 (if you would like to see a brochure with more information, please click on this link: CPT Brochure). |
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http://www.cincinnatifriends.org
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| | The Humanist Society - Welcome! |
| | More than just discussion groups, Humanist communities will address the full needs of their nontheistic members — much like a congregation. | | | The Humanist Society applies Humanism to daily life through a unique celebrant program, education, and community involvement. | | | Humanist Celebrants conduct Humanist, nonreligious, and interreligious weddings, memorials, baby naming, and other life-cycle ceremonies. |
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http://www.humanist-society.org
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| | Annapolis Friends Meeting |
| | Members, attenders, and visitors meet on First Day (Sunday) at 11:00 A.M. for unprogrammed Meeting for Worship, which lasts about an hour. | | | Welcome to the home page of Annapolis Friends Meeting, part of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). | | | Please contact Kyle Slavin(webmaster) or Pat Schenck (Clerk Outreach Committee)with your ideas, comments, and questions about the Meeting's web site. |
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http://annapolis.quaker.org
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| | Society of Friends of Lobo Township |
| | The outward voice is often heard, but the ordination and the anointing is of God, not man. | | | I present these facts of the Friends' faith, that their acts, which make their history, may be read in a truer light, for if a Friend is anything, he is sincere, and his acts and life reflect his faith. | | | The Society of Friends in Lobo was early interested in the intellectual as well as the spiritual welfare of their younger members. |
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http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Towers/6662/quaklobo.htm
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| | The Atlanta Friends Meeting (Quakers): Homepage |
| | We believe that each person has the capacity to know directly the will of God; requiring neither a specific liturgy nor the interpretation of an intermediary. | | | The Atlanta Friends Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends is an unprogrammed, non-pastoral Quaker Meeting. | | | Atlanta Friends Meeting is a member of the Southern Appalachian Yearly Meeting and Association (SAYMA), which is affliated with Friends General Conference (FGC). |
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http://atlanta.quaker.org
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| | Canadian Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) |
| | WCTS is produced cooperatively by a group of Friends who, themselves, have felt the movement of the Spirit and who wish to deepen their understanding by interacting with others. | | | The second is to help to prepare him to enter more fully into the corporate worship which is the central activity of the Society of Friends... | | | There is no hard and fast rule about how this should be done, and Friends will set about it In the manner most helpful and natural to them.... |
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http://www.quaker.ca
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| | Quaker Joint Statement in Response to Threat of War with Iraq |
| | George Fox, Founder of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), 1651. | | | We know that there are millions of people of good will with whom we can join in this work. | | | We call upon Friends to witness and work to prevent this war, to reverse this new military doctrine, to call upon our governments to implement multilateral, diplomatic responses to the threats posed by the government of Iraq, and to continue developing positive, nonviolent approaches to resolving international conflicts. |
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http://www.ncccusa.org/iraq/quakers.html
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| | Best Friends Animal Society Home Page |
| | Oscar of Arabia, who is featured in the Best Friends book, has crossed over the Rainbow Bridge. | | | Fatemeh Motamedi and her animals need your help. | | | The rabbits in the Great Bunny Rescue are becoming legends among house rabbits all across the country! |
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http://bestfriends.org
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| | Friends of Freedom Society and Ohio Underground Railroad Association |
| | The Friends of Freedom Society is asking members to step forward and share your talents on behalf of the organization. | | | Quantities are limited, click here to order your copy today! | | | If you aren't currently a member of the Friends of Freedom Society, please join us! |
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http://www.ohioundergroundrailroad.org
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| | NC Friends Historical Society |
| | Founded in 1947, the North Carolina Friends Historical Society is open to all interested persons and is comprised of historians, genealogists, individuals with Quaker ancestors, authors, and those interested in Quaker history, professionals as well as amateurs. | | | The purpose of the North Carolina Friends Historical Society is to collect, preserve, and publish valuable information relative to the history of the Society of Friends in North Carolina and adjacent territories. | | | New members are welcome and invited to join the Society; membership benefits include regular newsletters, our journal The Southern Friend, and occasional special events. |
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http://www.ncfhs.org
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| | Quakers in Britain - Home |
| | 'Through quiet and effective effort we are working towards a just society and a peaceful world.' | | | Find a Quaker meeting in Britain (opens in a new window) |
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http://www.quaker.org.uk
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| | Quakers (Society of Friends) |
| | Records of the Clear Creek Meeting of Friends. | | | 150 Years in Review of Clear Creek Families and Friends. | | | The Plainfield Quakers: The Society of Friends in Fulton County, Illinois |
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http://www.outfitters.com/illinois/history/family/quakers/quakers1.html
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| | Animal Friends Humane Society - Homepage |
| | Oscar has been at the shelter for 6 months. | | | Get alerts, tips, special offers, and the monthly Animal Friends newsletter. |
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http://www.animalfriendshs.org
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