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William Penn was a very early Quaker in England. He knew George Fox (the founder of Quakerism) and was with the movement from the beginning.
This book personifies everything that attracted me to Quakerism from the beginning; a strong faith in Jesus Christ and the idea that all people have the light of Christ in them and are of equal value in His eyes. Sadly these views are no longer common within the Religious Society of Friends in Britain.
Quakerism has changed a great deal since the 17th century. It has steadily moved away from strong faith in Jesus Christ into a mixture of people who have a general idea of God as a 'light' or even reject God and Jesus completely and describe themselves as 'atheists' or 'non-theists'
Although there are some Quakers who are still strong in the Christian faith it is now generally a universalist faith with very little mention of Jesus at all which is a terrible shame.
I truly believe William Penn is rolling in his grave along with George Fox and all the early Friends who clearly believed in Jesus above all else.
This book personifies everything that attracted me to Quakerism from the beginning; a strong faith in Jesus Christ and the idea that all people have the light of Christ in them and are of equal value in His eyes. Sadly these views are no longer common within the Religious Society of Friends in Britain.
Quakerism has changed a great deal since the 17th century. It has steadily moved away from strong faith in Jesus Christ into a mixture of people who have a general idea of God as a 'light' or even reject God and Jesus completely and describe themselves as 'atheists' or 'non-theists'
Although there are some Quakers who are still strong in the Christian faith it is now generally a universalist faith with very little mention of Jesus at all which is a terrible shame.
I truly believe William Penn is rolling in his grave along with George Fox and all the early Friends who clearly believed in Jesus above all else.
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