Quakerism: Religious Movement

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Quakers are members of a religious movement known as the Religious Society of Friends. Quakerism is a faith that materialized as a Christian denomination in sixteen hundreds England. It became known and practiced during a period of religious strife in the seventeenth century towards the end of Europe’s Protestant Reformation. Quakerism values opposed the Church of England, this resulted in persecution of the Quakers, which eventually led to the forced migration and diffusion of the religion into countries such as Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Europe, South America, Latin America and parts of North America (Pennsylvania). Quakerism is a diverse religion consisting of multiple distinct branches. For instance, one of these branches is called

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