Robert Barclay

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  • Robert Barclay (1648-1690) was a Scottish Quaker writer who was imprisoned for his ministry. He traveled with George Fox, William Penn, and George Keith to Holland and Germany, where they promoted the beliefs of Friends. His Apology for the True Christian Divinity (1678) became a standard statement of Quaker doctrines.

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The wrong organ for spirituality

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