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Quaker (other)
A Quakers, Quaker is a term used to describe members of the Religious Society of Friends, a historically Christian denomination. Quaker may also refer to: Food and beverages * Quaker Oats Company, a U.S. food company * Cuáker, an List of Ecuadorian dishes and foods, Ecuadorian beverage made from oats (a loanword of "quaker") * Quaker (coffee), a term used in coffee roasting to denote an unripe or poorly roasted coffee bean, the number of which is often used to judge the quality of a batch of coffee Animals and plants * Quaker butterfly (''Neopithecops zalmora'') * Quaker lady (other), name given to several flowers * Quaker parrot, also known as the monk parakeet (''Myiopsitta monachus'') * Quaker, one of several names for ''Dissosteira carolina'', also known as the Carolina grasshopper Brands and enterprises * Quaker State, a former motor oil manufacturer People with the name * Bernard Barton (1784-1849), sometimes referred to as "The Quaker Poet" * John Greenleaf Whit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quakers
Quakers are people who belong to the Religious Society of Friends, a historically Protestantism, Protestant Christian set of Christian denomination, denominations. Members refer to each other as Friends after in the Bible, and originally, others referred to them as Quakers because the founder of the movement, George Fox, told a judge to "quake before the authority of God". The Friends are generally united by a belief in each human's ability to be guided by the inward light to "make the witness of God" known to everyone. Quakers have traditionally professed a priesthood of all believers inspired by the First Epistle of Peter. They include those with Evangelical Friends Church International, evangelical, Holiness movement, holiness, liberal, and Conservative Friends, traditional Quaker understandings of Christianity, as well as Nontheist Quakers. To differing extents, the Friends avoid creeds and hierarchical structures. In 2017, there were an estimated 377,557 adult Quakers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
