Quaker
Also known as Society of Friends, Friends, Religious Society of Friends, Quakerism
família de movimentos religiosos cristãos
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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
- Christian denomination.image
- Religious denominations of the world - comprising a general view of the origin, history, and condition of the various sects of Christians, the Jews, and Mahometans, as well as the pagan forms of (14761837356).jpg
- Christian denomination.caption
- 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
- Christian denomination.separated_from
- Church of England
- Christian denomination.separations
- Shakers
- Christian denomination.fellowships
- Friends World Committee for Consultation
- Christian denomination.associations
Article · Português
Quaker (também denominado "quacre" em português) são vários grupos religiosos, com origem comum num movimento protestante britânico do século XVII. A denominação quaker é chamada de quakerismo, Sociedade Religiosa dos Amigos (em inglês: Religious Society of Friends), ou simplesmente Sociedade dos Amigos ou Amigos. Eles são conhecidos pela defesa do pacifismo e da simplicidade, rejeitando qualquer organização clerical, para viver no recolhimento, na pureza moral e na prática activa do pacifismo, da solidariedade e da filantropia. Estima-se que haja 360 mil quakers no mundo, sendo o Quênia, na África, o local que possui a maior comunidade quaker.
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