 I told them I knew from whence all wars arose, even from the lust, according to James's doctrine; and that I lived in the virtue of that life and power that took away the occasion of all wars.  History of New England - Halaman 457oleh John Gorham Palfrey - 1861Tampilan utuh - Tentang buku ini
 | Lisa Sowle Cahill - 2006 - 292 halaman
...that war is impossible in the kingdom. The Quaker attitude to war is summed up in Fox's declaration that he "lived in the virtue of that life and power that took away the occasion of all wars."108 The Rules 101. Journal of George Fox, 128-29; cf. TC Jones, Fox's Attitude Toward War, 24-25.... | |
 | Stephen Blake Boyd, W. Merle Longwood, Mark William Muesse - 1996 - 336 halaman
...nonviolence; in refusing military service, George Fox (1624-1691), the founder of Quakerism, declared that he "lived in the virtue of that life and power that took away the occasion of all wars." 6 Not eoincidentally, early Friends emphasized equality of the sexes. Though later generations of Quakers... | |
 | Mark W. Janis, Carolyn Maree Evans - 1999 - 544 halaman
...the founder of the Society of Friends, refused in 1647 to take up arms in the English civil war: 'I lived in the virtue of that life and power that took away the occasion of all wars.' Fox's pacifism, rooted in a conviction of the fundamental contradiction between the spirit of Christ... | |
 | Meredith Baldwin Weddle - 2001 - 365 halaman
...quarrel."6 'And they that Dept [depart] from his light, & trust in the Arme of flesh shall be rebuked."7 "I lived in the virtue of that life and power that took away the occasion of all wars."8 And memorably, Quaker William Ames and others quietly asserted, "a killinge Instrument we may... | |
 | Thomas C. Kennedy - 2001 - 506 halaman
...a proffered captaincy in the Parliamentary Army, but, as he recorded in his Journal: 'I told them l lived in the virtue of that life and power that took away the occasion ot all wars, and I knew from whence all wars did rise, from the lust according to James's doctrine... | |
 | F. Regina Psaki, Charles Hindley - 2001 - 394 halaman
...their insistence and flattery, about his "virtue," "as they said," maintaining that he "lived in die virtue of that life and power that took away the occasion of all wars" (J 65 ff.). In the horrible prison at Derby he feels deeply concerned about the fact that the judges... | |
 | Judith Wellman - 2004 - 326 halaman
...God." Such Quaker universalism was the basis for Friends' testimony against war. As George Fox said, he lived "in the virtue of that life and power that took away the occasion of all wars." It also led to respect for other living creatures, to a sense of "unity with the creation." And it... | |
 | Robert A. Bowie - 2004 - 140 halaman
...of Friends to King Charles II, 1660) 'I... told them I knew from whence all wars arose... and that I lived in the virtue of that life... and power that took away the occasion of all wars; and that I was come into the covenant... of peace which was before all wars and strife.' (George Fox,... | |
 | David Whitten Smith, Elizabeth Geraldine Burr - 2007 - 448 halaman
...in 165 1 , he refused to join Oliver Cromwell's army in order to get out of prison: "I told them I lived in the virtue of that life and power that took away the occasion of all wars and I knew from whence all wars did rise. ... I told them I was come into the covenant of peace which... | |
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