Quakers 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! ===Quietism=== {{see also|Quietism (Christian philosophy)}} Early Quakerism tolerated boisterous behaviour that challenged conventional etiquette, but by 1700, its adherents no longer supported disruptive and unruly behaviour.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Levy |first=Barry |title=Quakers and the American Family |pages=58}}</ref> During the 18th century, Quakers entered the ''Quietist'' period in the history of their church, becoming more inward-looking spiritually and less active in converting others. Marrying outside the Society was cause for having one's membership revoked. Numbers dwindled, dropping to 19,800 in England and Wales by 1800 (0.21% of the population),<ref name="PopulationHistory"/> and 13,859 by 1860 (0.07% of population).<ref name=PopulationHistory/> The formal name "Religious Society of Friends" dates from this period and was probably derived from the appellations "Friends of the Light" and "Friends of the Truth".<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Maurer |first=Johan |title=The Publishers of Truth and the Enemy of Truth: Evangelical Friends Consider Good and Evil |url=https://www.academia.edu/4737865 |journal=Good and Evil: Quaker Perspectives, ed. Jackie Leach Scully and Pink Dandelion |date=January 2007 |language=en}}</ref><!-- Woolman and others used the term "Friends" much earlier--> {{cladogram|title=Divisions of the Religious Society of Friends |caption=Showing the divisions of Quakers occurring in the 19th and 20th centuries |clades={{clade |1={{clade |label1=Orthodox |1={{clade |1={{clade |1={{clade |label1=Wilburite |1= {{clade |label1=Conservative |1=[[Conservative Friends]] }} |label2=Gurneyite |2={{clade |1={{clade |label1=Gurneyite |1=[[Friends United Meeting]] |label2=Evangelical |2=[[Evangelical Friends International]] }} }} }} }} |2=Beaconite|state2=dashed}} |label2=Hicksite |2={{clade |label1=Friends General Conference |1=[[Friends General Conference]] }} }} }} }} 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