Simplicidade e plainness

O que é: A simplicidade quaker, muitas vezes chamada plainness em contextos históricos, busca evitar ostentação, vaidade excessiva e distrações morais.

Como a tradição entende: O foco é liberdade interior para obedecer à verdade e servir ao próximo, sem subordinar a vida a status, luxo ou consumo exibicionista.

Base e contexto: A simplicidade apareceu em vestimenta, linguagem, arquitetura, comércio e disciplina cotidiana de Friends históricos.

Debates e variações: Sua forma externa mudou muito com o tempo, mas o ideal moral de sobriedade permanece influente.

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Advices and Queries

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Questions and counsels used by Quaker meetings for spiritual and communal examination.

Reference: Advices and Queries in different yearly meetings.
Content: The document invites reflection on truth, simplicity, peace, community, worship, and moral responsibility.
Use in debate: It is an important source for Quaker testimonies in practical contemporary language.

John Woolman, Journal

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John Woolman's diary is one of the great sources of the Quaker social testimony.

Reference: John Woolman's Journal.
Content: Woolman articulates inward spirituality, critique of slavery, simplicity, and economic and moral responsibility.
Use in debate: It is one of the most important sources for service, social justice, equality, and simplicity in the Quaker tradition.

William Penn, Some Fruits of Solitude

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A moral collection linked to sobriety, prudence, and simple living.

Reference: William Penn, Some Fruits of Solitude.
Content: The text gathers moral maxims about humility, prudence, sobriety, and discipline of the inward life.
Use in debate: It is useful for simplicity, plainness, and practical ethics.