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What is the origin of the name “Religious Society of Friends”?

April 26, 2017origin religious society

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What is the origin of the name “Religious Society of Friends”?

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There are various accounts of the origin of the name. For example: As stated in John 15:15, Jesus said “No longer do I call you servants…; but I have called you friends, for all I have heard from my Father I made known to you”. Initially the religious society was called “Children of Light”, and afterwards “Friends” and “Friends in the Truth”. However the name originated, from the earliest time members of the society referred to each other as “Friends”.