Excerpt from A Popular Life of George Fox: The First of the Quakers
The great object of the Reformation was to draw people from the authority of the church, so called, to the authority of scripture; from obscure traditions, from the opinions of the fathers, and from the decrees of councils, composed of fallible men like ourselves, to the light of the gospel, the inspired foun tain from which their opinions are all professed to be drawn. The gospel, therefore, is the ostensible rule of all the reformed churches - a rule, which as it is directly Opposed to the pre tensions of popery, places them all upon an equal footing, and better would it have been bad they strictly confined themselves to it; for, there is always' a propensity among all men,' 'everywhere,' to fall into a similar kind of external worship of forms and dogmas - of Observances apart from morals, and creeds apart from conviction - to substitute the offices of a priesthood for individual holiness - the consecration of times and places, of temples and days, for the sanctification of the heart and life. Into such forms human nature is ever prone to corrupt spiritual service; and quod semper, ubique, et ab omnibus, is the very formula of the corrupt religion of human nature!
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Paperback. Zustand: New. Print on Demand. This book explores the life and work of George Fox, the founder of the Quakers. Fox was a key figure in the English Reformation, and his teachings on the importance of personal experience and the equality of all people, regardless of gender, race or social class, had a profound impact on the development of religious thought and practice in the 17th century. The author traces Fox's journey from his early life as a seeker after truth to his emergence as a leading advocate for religious freedom and social justice. The book also examines the development of Quaker beliefs and practices, and their continuing relevance in the present day. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9781331085317_0
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