Sentences with phrase «while quakers»

The Shakers, Jehovah's Witnesses, and the Bahai are instances of American sects, while the Quakers, Disciples, Brethren, Christian Scientists, Swedenborgians, the Nazarenes, and possibly the Mennonites represent sects in the process of becoming denominations.

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While the Puritans were busily engaged in fighting off all open attacks on the holy experiment — by England, by Roger Williams, by Anne Hutchinson, by dissatisfied planters, by Presbyterians, and by Quakers and Baptists — a more subtle enemy was striking telling blows against it.

And while later, radical groups like the Quakers embraced silence and the promptings of the Spirit, most of the others got a lot of verbiage.

Soft bills, Lories, Quakers and others might prefer using a birdbath, while African Grays enjoy bathing and showering equally.