单词 | beaconite |
释义 | Beaconiten. In the history of the Quakers, one of a party who, following the lead of Isaac Crewdson, held that the current Quaker doctrines were contrary to Scripture and seceded in 1836. ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > Christianity > Protestantism > Quakerism > Quaker sects and groups > [noun] > beaconite Beaconite1835 1835 M. Howitt Let. 29 Dec. in Autobiogr. (1889) I. vii. 246 I should like to know whether any persons in whom I am interested in Liverpool join the Beaconites. 1836 J. Southall in Jrnl. Friends Hist. Soc. (1920) XVII. 82 The Beaconites preach up charity so exclusively. 1836 J. Southall in Jrnl. Friends Hist. Soc. (1920) XVII. 83 A..man..labouring under disadvantage from Beaconite associations. 1921 R. M. Jones Later Periods Quakerism I. ix. 310 The position of the ‘Beaconites’—i.e. the position of literalism and ultra-orthodoxy. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.1835 |
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