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What do you know about the Quakers?
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Solution
- Quakers were members of a Christian group called the Society of Friends who, while laying emphasis on the Holy Spirit, rejected outward rites and an ordained ministry.
- George Fox was the founder of the society in England. Quakers have the reputation of actively working for peace and opposing war.
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