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! ====Beaconite controversy==== [[Isaac Crewdson]] was a [[Recorded Minister]] in [[Manchester]]. His 1835 book ''A Beacon to the Society of Friends'' insisted that the inner light was at odds with a religious belief in [[Salvation (Christianity)|salvation]] by the [[Atonement in Christianity|atonement]] of Christ.<ref name=Bebbington>{{Cite book |last=Bebbington |first=David William |title=Evangelicalism in modern Britain: a history from the 1730s to the 1980s |url=https://archive.org/details/evangelicalismin0000bebb |url-access=registration |year=1989 |publisher=Unwin Hyman Ltd |location=London |isbn=0-415-10464-5}}</ref>{{rp|page=155}} This Christian controversy led to Crewdson's resignation from the Religious Society of Friends, along with 48 fellow members of Manchester Meeting and about 250 other British Quakers in 1836β1837. Some of these joined the [[Plymouth Brethren]]. 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