quaker 贵格会，教友派，公谊会
本帖最后由 青涩的回忆 于 2012-4-5 09:12 编辑Quaker是基督教的一个教派贵格会，又称教友派或者公谊会，是基督教新教的一个派别。该派成立于17世纪，创始人为乔治·福克斯，因一名早期领袖的号诫“听到上帝的话而发抖”而得名QUAKER，中文意译为“震颤者”，音译贵格会。该派反对任何形式的战争和暴力，不尊敬任何人也不要求别人尊敬自己，不起誓，主张任何人之间要像兄弟一样，主张和平主义和宗教自由。
贵格会信徒曾受到英国政府迫害，与清教徒一起移民到美洲，但又受到清教徒的迫害，大批贵格会教徒逃离马萨诸塞州而定居在罗得岛州和宾夕法尼亚州等地。该教会坚决反对奴隶制，在美国南北战争前后的废奴运动中起过重要作用。贵格会在历史上提出过一些很进步的思想，其中一部分现在得到广泛接受。
由于宾西法尼亚州有大量贵格会教徒聚居，习惯上以Quaker City作为费城（Philadelphia）的别名，因而费城人也被称为Quaker。 来看一则简讯，来自bbcnews
A public garden to encourage meditation is being constructed by a Quaker group in Beverley to celebrate its 50th anniversary.
The garden has been inspired by the national Quiet Garden Movement where people are invited to rest, reflect and meditate in the open space.
Quaker Phil Entwistle said: "I think people are looking for a space in their lives to get away from it all."
The garden has cost £4,000 to create and is being funded by local donors.
Quakers have been meeting and worshipping in Beverley since the 1600s when Quaker George Fox opened the first meeting house.
Membership has fluctuated in the last two centuries forcing the doors to close in the 1850s.
The current Friends Meeting House opened in November 1961 and has 100 members.
Mr Entwistle said: "In the 60s there were about 25,000 members of the Society of Friends in Britain and that's gone down very gradually to 18,000," he said.
"But we are finding in Beverley that we're getting quite a few new members and especially younger people as well." 本帖最后由 青涩的回忆 于 2012-4-5 09:16 编辑
Beverley is a market town, civil parish and the county town of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, located between the River Hull and the Westwood.
http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_5236c4300100hjnq.html?tj=1这里有篇博文，里面有这个小城的几张相片O(∩_∩)O~
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