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A Brief History of the Peace Testimony
From Early Quakers to Contemporary Friends — draft chapter
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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PEACE — draft chapter
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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Simplicity, approved May 2006
Posted by Northern Yearly Meeting on Jun 24 2006 | Tagged as: Faith and Practice, Testimonies
“Life is meant to be lived from a Center, a divine Center – a life of unhurried peace and power….. It is serene. It takes not time, but it occupies all our time.” (Thomas Kelly, A Testament of Devotion, p.116, 124.)
“Simplicity does not mean drabness or narrowness but is essentially positive, being the capacity […]
Integrity: APPROVED
Posted by James Riemermann on Jul 03 2005 | Tagged as: Faith and Practice, Testimonies
INTEGRITY
“While seeking to interpret our Christian faith in the language of today, we must remember that there is one worse thing than failure to practice what we profess, and that is to water down our profession to match our practice.”
Friends World Conference, 1952
“When you live with integrity, that implies a spiritually integrated wholeness where you […]