Light of the World"Light of the World" (Greek: φώς τοῦ κόσμουPhṓs tou kósmou) is a phrase used by Jesus to describe himself and his disciples in the New Testament. The phrase is recorded in the Gospels of Matthew (5:14–16) and John (John 8:12). It is closely related to the parables of salt and light and lamp under a bushel, which also appear in Jesus' Sermon on the Mount.
QuakersQuakers are people who belong to the Religious Society of Friends, originally known as simply the Society of Friends, a historically Protestant Christian set of denominations. Members refer to each other as Friends after John 15:14 in the Bible. 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" along with their critics stating that they would shake or tremble while preaching.Light of ChristThe light of Christ is a concept in Christianity deriving from several passages in the New Testament. One of the main reference points for 'the light of Christ,' is in the prologue of John's Gospel, John 1:9, "That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world" (KJV Bible). Another is the Apostle Paul's citation "Christ will shine on you" (Ephesians 5, Ephesians 5:14).
Divine presenceDivine presence, presence of God, Inner God, or simply presence is a concept in religion, spirituality, and theology that deals with the ability of a deity to be "" with human beings, sometimes associated with omnipresence. ConceptualizationsThe concept is shared by many religious traditions, is found in a number of independently derived conceptualizations, and each of these has culturally distinct terminology.
Rufus Jones (writer)Rufus Matthew Jones (January 25, 1863 – June 16, 1948) was an American Quaker theologian, philosopher, historian, editor, and educator. He taught philosophy and psychology at Haverford College for 41 years and wrote more than 50 books and monographs, chiefly about Quaker history, mysticism, and the religious life.
George FoxGeorge Fox (July 1624 O.S. (July–August 1624 N.S.) – 13 January 1691 O.S. (23 January 1692 N.S.)) was a Christian mystic and an English Dissenter, who was a founder of the Religious Society of Friends, commonly known as the Quakers or Friends. The son of a Leicestershire weaver, he lived in times of social upheaval and war. He rebelled against the religious and political authorities by proposing an unusual, uncompromising approach to the Christian faith.
Yearly MeetingYearly Meeting is an organization composed of constituent meetings or churches of the Religious Society of Friends, or Quakers, within a geographical area. The constituent meetings are called Monthly Meetings in most of the world; in England, local congregations are now called Area Meetings, in Australia Monthly Meetings are called Regional Meetings. "Monthly" and "Yearly" refer to how often the body meets to make decisions.
Meeting for worshipA meeting for worship is what members of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) call their religious service. Different branches of Quakers have different styles of worship, primarily consisting of three types. A meeting for worship in English-speaking countries typically lasts around an hour, and most often occur within meeting houses.
Holy Spirit in ChristianityIn mainstream Trinitarian Christianity, the Holy Spirit or Holy Ghost (Greek: Ἅγιο Πνεῦμα, Latin: Spiritus Sanctus) is the third Person of the Trinity, which is often enumerated as God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. Nontrinitarian Christians, who reject the doctrine of the Trinity, differ significantly from mainstream Christianity in their beliefs about the Holy Spirit. In Christian theology, pneumatology is the study of the Holy Spirit.
Jesus in ChristianitySon of God in ChristianityChrist on the Cross, 1870, by Carl Heinrich Bloch, depicting Jesus's crucifixionIn Christianity, Jesus is the Son of God as chronicled in the Christian Bible's New Testament, and is in traditional Trinitarian theology held to be God the Son, a prosopon (person) of the Trinity of God. Christians believe him to be the Jewishmessiah (giving him the title Christ), who was prophesied in the Bible's Old Testament.Lewis Benson (historian)Lewis Benson (1906–1986) was an expert on the scripts of George Fox, the founder of the Quaker denomination of Christianity.
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