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Quaker Beliefs - Coggle Diagram
Quaker Beliefs
Direct communion with 'God' 'Spirit'...
all have opportunity to know God
Priesthood of all believers
No priest as intermediary
personal experience
Seeking
to know God 'experimentally'
after truth
All life is sacred
no division between
sacred
secular
giving it
meaning
purpose
Strands of influence
Christianity
traditional
liberal
Buddhism
Mysticism
Religious humanism
Universalism
Non-theism
That of 'God' in everyone
Guide
ministry
spoken ministry
service
discernment
corporate
decision making
personal
life choices
witness
public sphere
everyday life
Source
spiritual journey
prayer
worship
Rooted in 17th century Christianity
but
non-credal
non-doctrinal
open to new light
science
other faiths
contemporary theology / philosophy
no church service
no religious calendar
no sacraments
baptism
confirmation
communion
Bible
for some
essential source
but
not as doctrinal authority
interpreted liberally
not literally
useful
alongside other texts
for inspiration
not used
rejected from previous experience
irrelevant
'Quaker faith & practice'
book of discipline
testimony of past & present
breadth of Quaker theology
regularly revised and updated
guidance and inspiration
not doctrine