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Rules Of Discipline And Advices Of Baltimore Yearly Meeting Of Friends, Held On Lombard Street

Rules Of Discipline And Advices Of Baltimore Yearly Meeting Of Friends, Held On Lombard Street

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ISBN10: 9354487300
ISBN13: 9789354487309
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Mar 15 2021
Pages: 166
Weight: 0.55
Height: 0.38 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
A quiet voice from early American Quakerism, still speaking to conscience and community today. Composed for the guidance of Friends in Baltimore, this quietly authoritative quaker discipline manual traces the ordered, reflective life of an earlier Christian community from the inside. Addressing worship, membership, ministry, family life and daily behaviour, the Rules Of Discipline And Advices of Baltimore Yearly Meeting of Friends, held on Lombard Street, stands as both a practical society of friends handbook and a work of profound christian conduct and ethics. Its counsel is strikingly contemporary. Grounded in scripture yet marked by the distinctive simplicity of quaker religious discipline, it sets out church rules and advices that shaped generations of historic Baltimore Quakers and gave structure to a living, listening faith. More than a record of internal procedure, this christian church governance book reveals how spiritual authority, community accountability and admonition were woven together within early American Quakerism. As an official quaker book of discipline and a definitive Baltimore Yearly Meeting discipline, it serves as a vital reference for Quaker studies and a primary source for historians of religion, dissent and American civic life. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike. Ideal for those exploring spiritual practice, church history or family heritage, it belongs equally on the shelf of the casual reader and the serious classic-literature collector.

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