Religijne Towarzystwo Przyjaciół
Also known as Society of Friends, Friends, Quaker, Religious Society of Friends, Quakerism
Quakers are people who belong to the Religious Society of Friends, originally known as simply the Society of Friends, a historically Protestant Christian set of denominations. Members refer to each other as Friends after in the Bible. Originally, others referred to them as Quakers because the founder of the movement, George Fox, told a judge to "quake before the authority of God".
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Quakers are members of the Religious Society of Friends, a Protestant Christian denomination whose followers call themselves Friends based on biblical teachings. The group, founded by George Fox, gained the nickname "Quakers" from Fox's instruction to a judge to "quake before the authority of God," and they remain a historically significant religious movement.
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Key facts
- Christian denomination.name
- Religious Society of Friends
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- George Fox, the principal early leader of the Quakers
- Christian denomination.theology
- Variable; depends on meeting
- Christian denomination.founder
- George Fox Margaret Fell
- Christian denomination.founded_date
- Mid-17th century
- Christian denomination.founded_place
- England
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- Church of England
- Christian denomination.separations
- Shakers
- Christian denomination.fellowships
- Friends World Committee for Consultation
- Christian denomination.associations
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Kwakrzy (ang. Quakers), oficjalnie Religijne Towarzystwo Przyjaciół (ang. Religious Society of Friends) – chrześcijańska wspólnota religijna wywodząca się z purytanizmu, silnie akcentująca rolę osobistego wewnętrznego objawienia. Współcześnie obok licznie reprezentowanych chrześcijan wśród kwakrów można znaleźć także przedstawicieli innych światopoglądów religijnych. Kwakrzy kładą nacisk na bezpośredni (tzn. bez pośrednictwa duchownych i obrządków religijnych) kontakt z Bogiem. Charakteryzują się m.in. przestrzeganiem światopoglądu pacyfistycznego. W 1947 roku społeczności kwakrów przyznano Pokojową Nagrodę Nobla.
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