Historical Quaker Statements of Faith and Other Writing:

An Apology for the True Christian Divinity

Popularly known as Barclay's Apology (1678)

Barclay's A Catechism and Confession of Faith (1673)

Read an introductory article introducing the Catechism

Declaration of Faith Issued by the Richmond Conference (1887)

Read an introductory article on the Conference

George Fox's Letter to the Governor of Barbadoes (1671)

A Declaration from the Harmless and Innocent People of God, Called Quakers (1661)

The Journal of John Woolman (1898 version, first publication in 1774)

The Autobiography of George Fox (1694?)

Hannah Whitall Smith's The Christian's Secret of a Happy Life

Jonathan Dymond's An Inquiry into the Accordancy of War with the Principles of Christianity

Albert Fowler's Two Trends in Modern Quaker Thought

A pamphlet describing the "particular" versus "universal" approach to Quakerism. (LBFC would clearly fall into the "particular" categorization.)

James Healton's The One Testimony that Binds Them All Together

A short essay on the one unifying stream of thought from which all Quaker theology flows.

Other Historical Friends Writing: