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Early Modern · 1676
An Apology for the True Christian Divinity
Robert Barclay · 1648–1690
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What it is
Fifteen propositions setting out Quaker belief systematically — the inward light, the universal saving seed, silent worship, and refusal of oaths and war.
Why it lasted
The definitive statement of Quaker theology, and the book that made the movement intellectually respectable to outsiders.
Where to read it
Public domain and free to read in full, though not held here. The archives below have it.
These open a search on each archive rather than a direct link, which is the honest way to point at an edition nobody here has checked line by line.
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