Inner Light

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Quaker belief religious concept theological doctrine

Inner Light is the Quaker belief that a divine presence or spiritual guidance resides within every person, enabling direct, personal experience of the sacred without intermediaries.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Inner Light canonical 3
Inward Light 2
Light Within 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Quaker belief ⓘ
religious concept ⓘ
theological doctrine ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Inner Light ⓘ
surface form: Inward Light

Inner Light ⓘ
surface form: Light Within

Seed of God ⓘ
that of God in everyone ⓘ
associatedWith Religious Society of Friends ⓘ
surface form: Quaker spirituality

Quaker worship ⓘ
Religious Society of Friends ⓘ
contrastedWith external religious authority ⓘ
sacramental priesthood ⓘ
coreIdea God can speak directly to the individual conscience ⓘ
a divine presence resides within every person ⓘ
each person can have direct experience of the sacred ⓘ
no human intermediary is required for contact with the divine ⓘ
spiritual guidance is available inwardly to all people ⓘ
emphasizes direct revelation ⓘ
individual responsibility to respond to divine guidance ⓘ
personal spiritual experience ⓘ
guides corporate discernment in Quaker meetings ⓘ
ethical behavior of believers ⓘ
historicallyArticulatedBy George Fox ⓘ
early Friends ⓘ
implies every person has access to divine truth ⓘ
spiritual equality of all persons ⓘ
influences Quaker decision-making practices ⓘ
Quaker testimonies of community ⓘ
Quaker testimonies of equality ⓘ
Quaker testimonies of integrity ⓘ
Quaker testimonies of peace ⓘ
Quaker discipline and advices ⓘ
surface form: Quaker testimonies of simplicity
relatedConcept conscience ⓘ
direct revelation ⓘ
immanence of God ⓘ
religiousTradition Religious Society of Friends ⓘ
surface form: Quakerism
scripturalBasisClaimedFrom Gospel of John ⓘ
surface form: Gospel of John 1:9
understoodAs presence of Christ within ⓘ
universal divine illumination ⓘ
usedInPractice Quaker meeting for worship for business ⓘ
discernment of leadings ⓘ
silent worship ⓘ
viewedAs inner teacher ⓘ
source of moral insight ⓘ
source of spiritual authority ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Liberal Friends → coreConcept → Inner Light ⓘ
Inner Light → alsoKnownAs → Inner Light ⓘ
this entity surface form: Inward Light
Inner Light → alsoKnownAs → Inner Light ⓘ
this entity surface form: Light Within
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting → emphasizes → Inner Light ⓘ
Seed of God → hasAlternativeName → Inner Light ⓘ
Seed of God → hasAlternativeName → Inner Light ⓘ
this entity surface form: Inward Light