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10.06.2006

My favorite definition of Salvation

Comes from Samuel Caldwell
from his essay"The Inward Light: How Quakerism Unites Universalism and Christianity"

"God gives to every human being who comes into the world a measure of the divine spirit as a Living Witness and a Light to be inwardly guided by. Those who learn to heed the promptings of this Light within them come to be "saved" - that is, they come into fullness and wholeness of life and right relationship with God, themselves, and one another. Those who resist, ignore, or otherwise deny the workings of this pure spirit within them, though they make a profession of faith, are "condemned" - that is, they become alienated from God, from themselves, and from one another. The chief end of religious life, therefore, is to hearken to and act in accordance with the promptings of the Inner Light in one's life."

This description closely parallels George Fox's original "opening" concerning the Light in 1648, as recorded in his Journal (Nickalls edition, p. 33). "
// posted by Peggy Senger Morrison @ Friday, October 06, 2006
Comments:
Mine, too.
# posted by Blogger Paul L : October 10, 2006 2:46 PM
 
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