George Fox


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Noun1.George Fox - English religious leader who founded the Society of Friends (1624-1691)George Fox - English religious leader who founded the Society of Friends (1624-1691)
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He told them how, in the first place, twelve of the converts of George Fox, the first Quaker in the world, had come over from England.
The strong, self-complacent Luther declares with an emphasis not to be mistaken, that "God himself cannot do without wise men." Jacob Behmen and George Fox betray their egotism in the pertinacity of their controversial tracts, and James Naylor once suffered himself to be worshipped as the Christ.
A certain tendency to insanity has always attended the opening of the religious sense in men, as if they had been "blasted with excess of light." The trances of Socrates, the "union" of Plotinus, the vision of Porphyry, the conversion of Paul, the aurora of Behmen, the convulsions of George Fox and his Quakers, the illumination of Swedenborg, are of this kind.
Brannigan said: "I watched my first game last Saturday, sat over on the far side (in the George Fox stand) rather than the directors' box.
He traces abolitionist theologies from George Fox and William Edmundson in the 17th century to Paul Cuffe and Benjamin Banneker in the early 19th, and describes protests against slavery at Germantown and elsewhere.
George Fox, from Fenny Drayton, founded the Quaker movement and is once again on the shortlist to get a plaque.
He has a master's degree in wood science and civil engineering from Oregon State University and an MBA from George Fox University.<br />Please send your announcements for DJC People to djcpeople@djcOregon.com.
With help from a small administration team led by operations manager George Fox, Hopkins owns and operates over PS15m worth of assets.
NEWBERG - The Northwest Christian men's soccer team lost a 2-1 second-half lead Sunday in a 3-2 nonleague loss at George Fox.
George Fox - A good neighbour on his way to work - saved the life of a young girl who was choking to death after swallowing a gold ring.
Larrance graduated with a bachelor's degree from Oregon State University and an MBA from George Fox University.