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The book of Christian discipline of the Yearly Meeting of the
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27. Unity and diversity

Chapter 27 contents

Friends and the Christian Church

27.12 27.13 27.14 27.15 27.16 27.17 27.18 27.19 27.20 27.21 27.22 27.23 27.24 27.25 27.26 27.27 27.28 27.29 27.30 27.31 27.32 27.33 27.34 27.35 27.36 27.37 27.38 27.39 27.40 27.41 27.42 27.43 27.44

Creeds

27.21

Creeds are milestones, doctrines are interpretations: Truth, as George Fox was continually asserting, a seed with the power of growth, not a fixed crystal, be its facets never so beautiful.

John Wilhelm Rowntree, 1904

Next: 27.22

Introduction
1. Advices and Queries
2. Approaches to God - worship and prayer
3. General counsel on church affairs
4. Area meetings and local meetings
5. General meetings and other gatherings
6. Yearly Meeting
7. Meeting for Sufferings
8. The centrally managed work
9. Beyond Britain Yearly Meeting
10. Belonging to a Quaker meeting
11. Membership
12. Caring for one another
13. Varieties of religious service
14. Finance
15. Property and trusteeship
16. Quaker marriage procedure
17. Quaker funerals and memorial meetings
18. Faithful lives
19. Openings
20. Living faithfully today
21. Personal journey
22. Close relationships
23. Social responsibility
24. Our peace testimony
25. Unity of creation
26. Reflections
27. Unity and diversity
28. Sharing the Quaker experience
29. Leadings
Historical notes
Sources and references
Indexes
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