May 2007
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Posted by James Riemermann on May 16 2007 | Tagged as: Draft Chapters, Faith and Practice, Testimonies
The Roots of our Peace Witness
The classic oft quoted statement of the Quaker Peace Testimony is the Declaration to King Charles II of 1660 signed by twelve Friends including George Fox, one of the founders of the Religious Society of Friends. The Declaration is about 4-1/2 pages long and only part of it is […]
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Posted by James Riemermann on May 16 2007 | Tagged as: Draft Chapters, Faith and Practice, Testimonies
The Quaker witness for peace is as relevant today as ever and speaks powerfully to a world afflicted with suffering, violence, and war. We have a vision of a peaceable kingdom, here and now, in which the Divine leads us to reject any form of violence as a means to deal with evil and […]
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