Authority and the early Quakers /
Dobbs, Jack P. B.,author.
This book by Jack Dobbs, of Totnes Meeting, is concerned with the meaning of authority in religion for the early Quakers, and in particular with the relationship of the authority of the Spirit within to external authorities. It covers the period 1643-1699 and focuses on the Quaker movement in England. Neither the church nor Bible was recognised by the Quakers as their supreme authority. Instead, they claimed that authority to be the Spirit of Christ, the inward light experienced in the soul without any external mediation. In that authority they placed their absolute trust; but whether this made them completely independent of other authorities is the question to which this thesis is addressed.--From the publisher's description.
This book by Jack Dobbs, of Totnes Meeting, is concerned with the meaning of authority in religion for the early Quakers, and in particular with the relationship of the authority of the Spirit within to external authorities. It covers the period 1643-1699 and focuses on the Quaker movement in England. Neither the church nor Bible was recognised by the Quakers as their supreme authority. Instead, they claimed that authority to be the Spirit of Christ, the inward light experienced in the soul without any external mediation. In that authority they placed their absolute trust; but whether this made them completely independent of other authorities is the question to which this thesis is addressed.--From the publisher's description.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-269).
Reprint of the author's Ph. D. thesis (Univ. of Oxford, 1995).
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