Seed of God

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Seed of God is a Quaker term for the divine Inner Light believed to dwell within every person as a direct presence of God.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Seed of God canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian mystical concept ⓘ
Quaker theological concept ⓘ
religious term ⓘ
associatedWithDoctrine continuing revelation ⓘ
immediacy of God ⓘ
priesthood of all believers ⓘ
associatedWithEthic community ⓘ
equality ⓘ
integrity ⓘ
peace testimony ⓘ
simplicity ⓘ
centralIdea God dwells within every person ⓘ
contrastedWith external religious authority ⓘ
purely creedal religion ⓘ
coreBeliefOf Quakerism ⓘ
describedAs direct presence of God within every person ⓘ
divine Inner Light ⓘ
emphasizes direct, unmediated experience of God ⓘ
inner spiritual guidance ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Inner Light ⓘ
Inward Light ⓘ
linked to: Inner Light

Light of Christ within ⓘ
heldBy many Quaker traditions ⓘ
historicallyEmphasizedBy George Fox ⓘ
early Friends ⓘ
implies God can speak directly to individuals ⓘ
every person has access to divine guidance ⓘ
impliesProcess growth of divine life within the person ⓘ
influencesPractice discernment in Quaker meetings ⓘ
silent worship ⓘ
waiting worship ⓘ
languageOrigin English ⓘ
metaphorType seed metaphor for divine life ⓘ
relatedConcept Christian mysticism ⓘ
inner witness of the Spirit ⓘ
that of God in everyone ⓘ
religiousTradition Quakerism ⓘ
Religious Society of Friends ⓘ
supportsBelief spiritual equality of all people ⓘ
universal potential for salvation ⓘ
usedInContext Quaker spirituality ⓘ
Quaker theology ⓘ
Quaker worship and ministry ⓘ
viewedAs source of divine guidance ⓘ
source of moral insight ⓘ
source of spiritual transformation ⓘ

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

Inner Light → alsoKnownAs → Seed of God ⓘ