Complex sentence: They experienced messages from God during silent meditations and became known as "Shaking Quakers" because of the ecstatic nature of their worship services, believing in the renunciation of sinful acts and that the end of the world was near.
Split into simpler sentences: They experienced messages from God during silent meditations and became known as "Shaking Quakers" because of the ecstatic nature of their worship services. They belied in the renunciation of sinful acts and that the end of the world was near.