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Comparative Religions Denomination Project--Quakers
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Comparative Religions DenominationProject--Quakers
Let's Talk Quaker With... - correct answer--Pastor Chris Steiger
-Pastor of Operations & Congregational Care
-Oversees everything related to the operation of the church plus does congressional care
Background on the Quaker Church - correct answer--They are also known as the Religious
Society of Friends
-The Quaker church began at the tail end of Europe's protestant reformation
-The Quaker church was founded by George Fox
-The earliest Friends were heavily involved in Pennsylvania politics.
-They were actually the first organization in history to ban slave holding
-In the 1800s they were leading the attendance in the abolitionist movement, exceeding their
proportion of all Americans
-They are called "Friends" because they thought of themselves as friends of Jesus and of
the truth; they referred to themselves as "Friends of truth" but then was just shortened to
"Friends"
Key Beliefs of Friends - correct answer--Reformers tried to eliminated any intermediaries
between God and the people, therefore, the Quakers are regarded as the fullest expression
of the Reformation
-Quakers rejected most sacraments and priestly offices that were held in the Catholic
Church (baptism, Lord's supper, and any ordained, paid clergy)
-Quakers relied on the "Christ Within" or the "Inner Light."
-This means that they relied on the light of God's spirit in order to be lead to spiritual
development and individual perfection. You must search and be open to the seed of God that
is inherent in everyone
-They believed that everyone has access to god, regardless of their gender, ethnicity, race,
and so forth.
-This why they thought that everyone men and women, including slaves, had equal worth
and were all equal in the eyes of their church.
-SPICE:
-simplicity: you do not need many rituals in order to find God
-peaceful: solve any problems in a peaceful manner (wars, personal issues, violence, etc.)
-integrity: they find truths in everyday things including the bible. They believe that integrity
begins with self-awareness.
-community: their goal is to work together in order to achieve individuality for each person
-equality: everyone has an equal opportunity to seek God
Doctrinal - correct answer-Local
-They believe that Jesus is the only way to God and that he is the Son of God
-They utilize the Bible primarily, but they also have a faith and practice book.
-The Bible spells out the beliefs of the church
-Faith and Practice book provides structure to the church and also historical context
, National
-The information that Pastor Christ provided us paralleled our research in what the Quaker
church is said to use in regards to a national standard. The pamphlets though, were not
mentioned as a doctrinal elements in the Rose Drive Friends Church. The pamphlets provide
specific viewpoints on how to resolve certain issues that concern Friends.
Catholic
-This is somewhat similar to the Catholic Church because the Catholic Church holds in
fullest esteem the Bible, but they also utilize documents released by the Pope to assist its
members with more modern day issues and documents like the creeds. Lastly individual
Catholics publish writings to help/inspire the people of the catholic church.
Mythical - correct answer-Local
Many stories from friends about the Quaker's role in the antislavery movements and fight for
civil rights and equality/social justice.
-fought for these things because for a very early point they established that everyone is of
equal worth
-wanted to help people achieve that
literal interpretation of the Bible on most accounts
depends on the story-believe 100% in creation story
Chris was describing how the pastors would gather together and consider what they were
teaching for the week
-questioning if stories such as or similar to Jonah and the whale actually happened
-could be a transition point in the church
National
Similar to locally they hold onto their antislavery movement stories which come from their
main beliefs
-Rev. Samuel R. Ward describes stories of the underground railroad and how slaves trying to
escape would wish to "flee and live among the Quakers"
It has been an argument/ topic of discussion on the national level on whether the religion
should interpret the Bible literally or figuratively
-for now they generally leave it up to the individual churches to teach what they believe to be
true
---This is why the pastors back at friends on rose drive are able to get together and
determine what they want to teach
Catholicism
many spiritual truths such as creation stories
---Old testament is a mythical element for us because it was not historically documented
we have a figurative interpretation of the bible
we believe that Jesus walked the earth and he actually performed miracles and inspired
people, but stories such as Jonah and the whale Moses parting the red sea and creation
story could be figurative
Take the main message from each story and learn from it that way.
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