Robert Barclay
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    Robert Barclay

    Robert Barclay(1648–1690)

    Scottish Quaker theologian whose systematic defense of Friends' principles shaped the movement's intellectual identity.

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    Apology

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    An apology for the true Christian divinity: being an explanation and vindication of the principles and doctrines of the ... Quakers

    The Dial's edition: 1765

    The classic systematic theology of Quakerism: a defense of the Inner Light, silent worship, and the immediacy of divine revelation against both Protestant and Catholic critiques.

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    Read by Emerson (see Emerson's Reading)