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Quaiker

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The Religious Society of Friends (or Quaikers[1]) bes a releegious muivment foondit in the 1640s bi an Inglesman cawed George Fox. Wereldwide, the Society has near a million memmers, maist notablie in the Unitit Kinrick, the Unitit States an Bolivia. The releegion is baist aroond the thocht that the revelaitioun o God can come tae anyan wha beleefs an waits in the spirit o God in stillness. In Britain, maist Quaikers warstle wi keepin tae thems "testimonies", whit be:

  • Suith
  • Peace
  • Sempleness
  • Eventie
  • Communitie
  • Jonick

Fordor readin

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  • Burnet, George B.; Marwick, William H. (1952). The Story of Quakerism in Scotland: 1650–1850. Lutterworth Press. ISBN 978-0-7188-9176-3. (in Inglis) (subscription needit)
  • Marwick, William H. (1968). Studies in Scottish Quakerism. SCHS. Retrieved 25 September 2020 – via Internet Archive. (in Inglis)
  1. "Quaker, Qwaker, Quhaker, Quacker, Quaiker, Qwaiker". Dictionar o the Scots Leid. A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue. Retrieved 25 September 2020.