Thanks for the excellent quote by Alexander Parker. Unfortunately, the middle of the 19th century witnessed a decline in the liberal theology of George Fox; as the Fundamentalist perspective gained ascendance in the UK and the U.S. - for example with John Nelson Darby (1800 - 1882) coming to the U.S. and spreading the "Rapture" idea. This brand of Christianity represented a retreat into dogma and strict Biblical interpretation with no latitude whatsoever for interior Gnosis. Let's see what CT (Christianity Today) has to say about George Fox. Offhand, I'd say that they merely tolerate him with great reluctance. The notion of interior "light" or Gnosis is anathema even in the liberal branches of Christianity represented by that Magazine.
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