Quakers
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QUAKERS — Peu nombreux – deux cent vingt mille environ dans le monde, dont cent vingt mille en Amérique du Nord et moins de vingt cinq mille en Europe –, les quakers sont néanmoins très connus. L’aide matérielle qu’ils ont apportée aux victimes des deux… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Quakers — • Quakers, an Anglo American religious sect Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006 … Catholic encyclopedia
Quakers — Société religieuse des Amis « Quaker » redirige ici. Pour les autres significations, voir Quaker (homonymie). Sommaire 1 Pratiques et croyances … Wikipédia en Français
Quakers — Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) Logo used by Friends service organisations since the late 19th century Classification Protestant Theology Evangelical, Liberal, Orthod … Wikipedia
Quakers — The Friends (or Quakers) movement represented the most radical wing of Puritanism, the 17th century attempt to purify the Church of England. Founder George Fox (1624 1691) began to preach in 1647 after experiencing an inner illumination. Fox… … Encyclopedia of Protestantism
Quakers — квакеры (от англ. quakers, букв. трясущиеся), члены христианской общины; отвергают институт священников, проповедуют пацифизм, занимаются благотворительностью. Quakers who migrated to New England were persecuted by the Puritans. They were driven… … Словарь топонимов США
QUAKERS — Quaker ou Qouacre, ou Primitif, ou Membre de la primitive église chrétienne, ou Pensylvanien, ou Philadelphien. De tous ces titres, celui que j aime le mieux est celui de Philadelphien, ami des frères. Il y a bien des sortes de vanités; mais… … Dictionnaire philosophique de Voltaire
QUAKERS — a small PROTESTANT GROUP known as the SOCIETY OF FRIENDS which arose in the seventeenth century as a result of the preaching of George FOX. They emphasized the leading of the HOLY SPIRIT, or INNER LIGHT, rejected the SACRAMENTS, insisted on… … Concise dictionary of Religion
Quakers — noun a Christian sect founded by George Fox about 1660; commonly called Quakers • Syn: ↑Religious Society of Friends, ↑Society of Friends • Hypernyms: ↑sect, ↑religious sect, ↑religious order • Member Meronyms … Useful english dictionary
Quakers de Philadelphie — Données clés Fondé en … Wikipédia en Français
Quakers in North America — constitute approximately 30% of Quakers worldwide, according to the online Quaker Information Center. There are about 107,000 individual Quakers and about 44 Friends Yearly Meetings in North America.Quakers are members of the Religious Society of … Wikipedia
