The Conception of Jesus Christ in the Quaker teaching

• Published in: Uluslararası Anadolu Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi
• Main Authors: ÖZTÜRK, Melek, KILIÇ, Sami
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Turkish
• Published: Yusuf ARSLAN 2022
• Subjects: George Fox,The Quakers,Jesus,Messiah,Christianity; George Fox,Kuveykırlar,İsa,Mesih,Hırıstiyanlık.; sami
• Online Access: https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/ulasbid/issue/68835/1087332; https://doi.org/10.47525/ulasbid.1087332

Quakers are a mystical group that emerged in Europe under the influence of reform. The Quakers, under the umbrella of Protestantism, were founded by George Fox in the seventeenth century. In the Quaker doctrine, as in the general Christian understanding, it is believed that Jesus was logos in terms of his participation in the creation process during the creation of the world, and that he was the savior of all humanity with the crucifixion event in terms of being the Messiah. Therefore, the Quakers accepted both the human and divine aspects of Jesus. However, the Quaker doctrine has been a movement centered on the spiritual guidance of Jesus Christ. In the Quaker doctrine, the doctrine of inner light has been accepted. Fox stated that with faith in Christ’s redemption, one can reach spiritual enlightenment with the light of Christ, which will shine within the individual. Fox, in addition to thoughts such as God’s will for the salvation of all people, the necessity of the truth to be one, Jesus’ being the Messiah and his divinity, as well as the idea that the savior figures in all other belief systems can have divine essence, he teaches his teaching as Jesus-centered and systematized in a way that appeals to all people. Because, according to Fox, saviors belonging to other religious systems were also accepted as secondary saviors. Thus, together with the doctrine of inner light, the doctrine of universality became the basic doctrine of the Quaker doctrine. However, Quakers, who initially saw themselves as the only way of salvation, moved away from this thought in the historical process and adopted the idea of universality. The reason for choosing the understanding of Jesus Christ in the Quakers as the subject of this article; Apart from Sami Kılıç's article named Quakers, which introduces the Quakers in general, there is no Turkish study written about this group. In the History of Religions sources, encyclopedic information about the Quakers was included, and the principles of belief were not subjected to ...