Protestantism Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Quakerism=== [[Quakers]], or Friends, are members of a family of religious movements collectively known as the Religious Society of Friends. The central unifying doctrine of these movements is the [[priesthood of all believers]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Quaker Faith & Practice|url=http://qfp.quakerweb.org.uk/qfp11-01.html|publisher=Britain Yearly Meeting|access-date=5 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130719234710/http://qfp.quakerweb.org.uk/qfp11-01.html|archive-date=19 July 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Baltimore Yearly Meeting Faith & Practice 2011 draft|url=http://www.bym-rsf.org/publications/fandp/11worship.html#vocal|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120413213340/http://www.bym-rsf.org/publications/fandp/11worship.html#vocal|archive-date=13 April 2012}}</ref> Many Friends view themselves as members of a Christian denomination. They include those with [[evangelicalism|evangelical]], [[Holiness movement|holiness]], [[Mainline Protestant|liberal]], and traditional [[Conservative Friends|conservative Quaker]] understandings of [[Christianity]]. Unlike many other groups that emerged within Christianity, the Religious Society of Friends has actively tried to avoid [[creed]]s and hierarchical structures.<ref>[http://www.quaker.org/quest/ministers-1.htm The Trouble With "Ministers"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019042905/http://www.quaker.org/quest/ministers-1.htm |date=19 October 2013}} by Chuck Fager gives an overview of the hierarchy Friends had until it began to be abolished in the mid-eighteenth century. Retrieved 25 April 2014.</ref> <gallery> File:Fox by Lely 2.jpg|[[George Fox]] was an [[English dissenter]] and a founder of the [[Religious Society of Friends]], commonly known as the Quakers or Friends. </gallery> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page