George Fox - An Autobiography

George Fox was born in Fenny Drayton Leicestershire in 1624. Apprenticed to aNottingham shoemaker Fox developed strong opinions about religion. Foxrebelled agai... » 

George Fox was born in Fenny Drayton Leicestershire in 1624. Apprenticed to aNottingham shoemaker Fox developed strong opinions about religion. Foxrebelled against the state control of the Church of England and in 1643 begantoured the country giving sermons where he argued that consecrated buildingsand ordained ministers were irrelevant to the individual seeking God. Threeyears later Fox had a divine revelation that inspired him to preach a gospel ofbrotherly love. Fox formed a group called the Friends of Truth. Later theybecame known as the Society of Friends. Foxs central dogma was that of theinner light communicated directly to the individual soul by Christ. GeorgeFoxs Journal 1694 describes his visions his teachings and his frequentimprisonments. «