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   George Fox (July 1624 [2] – 13 January 1691) was an English Dissenter, who was a founder of the Religious Society of Friends, commonly known as the Quakers or Friends. The son of a Leicestershire weaver, he lived in times of social upheaval and war.

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   Jun 27, 2024 · George Fox, English preacher and missionary and founder of the Society of Friends (or Quakers). His personal religious experience made him hostile to church conventions and established his reliance on what he saw as ‘inner light,’ or God-given inspiration over scriptural authority or creeds.

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   George Fox, (born July 1624, Drayton-in-the-Clay, Leicestershire, Eng.—died Jan. 13, 1691, London), English preacher and founder of the Society of Friends, or Quakers. The son of a weaver, he left home at age 18 in search of religious experience.

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6. www.christianitytoday.com › george-foxGeorge Fox | Christian History | Christianity Today

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   The inner light. Fox was born in a small English village, the son of a weaver. He became a cobbler's apprentice, but, disgusted with the lax morals of his fellow apprentices, he quit and set off...

7. www.gutenberg.org › files › 43031The Project Gutenberg eBook of George Fox: An Autobiography, by...

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   Jun 24, 2013 · "The basis of his [George Fox's] teaching was the belief that each soul is in religious matters answerable not to its fellows, but to God alone, without priestly mediation, because the Holy Spirit is immediately present in every soul and is thus a direct cause of illumination.

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   Apr 6, 2020 · Learn about George Fox, the 17th-century English preacher who founded the Religious Society of Friends, also known as Quakers. Discover his spiritual journey, teachings, and legacy in this biography.

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   May 8, 2018 · FOX, GEORGE (1624 – 1691), was the chief founder and early leader of the Quakers, a popular movement without clergy, ritual, or sacraments, gathered from among English Puritan Separatists.