"The basis of his [George Fox's] teaching was the belief that
each soul is in
religious
matters answerable not to its fellows, but to God alone, without
priestly mediation, because the Holy
Spirit is immediately present in every soul
and is thus a direct cause of illumination.
From this central belief flowed two
important practical consequences, both
essentially modern; one was complete
toleration, the other was complete equality of
human beings before the law."
-- JOHN
FISKE.
