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I removed wording from a previous verison of this article that said Ann Lee and the Shakers emigrated from England due to persecution by Quakers. They were indeed persecuted: constables disrupted their meetings, fined and imprisoned them, but at that time, those officials would have been Anglicans, not Quakers. (Early Shakers, or "The Wardley Society") were a break-away group from Quakers. There was disagreement, and it is quite possible that Quakers censured John and Jane Wardley, but they did not have the power to persecute them in the ways that led to their emigration from England.) One of several sources: "Ann the Word: The Story of Ann Lee, Female Meessiah, Mother of the Shakers, the Woman Clothed with the Sun" by Richard Francis (New York: Arcade Publishing, 2001). Quakerinfo 17:11, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
Per the 'Question' section above, I think more research is needed before the Wiki-linked List for List of people who have claimed to be Jesus is added to this article. It is my understanding that Ann Lee did not actually claim that she was Jesus the Christ, her assertion seems to differ. According to Nardi Reeder Campion's book Mother Ann Lee: morning star of the Shakers Ann Lee's claims and the Shaker writings about her were as follows:
I am not sure that reliable sources support the assertion that Ann Lee actually claimed to be Jesus of Nazareth. Shearonink ( talk) 18:53, 19 December 2010 (UTC)
She lived before photography. The picture is of Eldress Anna White. http://www.pinterest.com/pin/328129522820692811/ also: http://thedeliberateagrarian.blogspot.com/2010_12_01_archive.html (thanks to T.C. Quinn for this H/T) Jtbagwelljr ( talk) 17:52, 28 March 2014 (UTC)
![]() | This is an archive of past discussions. Do not edit the contents of this page. If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the current talk page. |
Archive 1 |
I removed wording from a previous verison of this article that said Ann Lee and the Shakers emigrated from England due to persecution by Quakers. They were indeed persecuted: constables disrupted their meetings, fined and imprisoned them, but at that time, those officials would have been Anglicans, not Quakers. (Early Shakers, or "The Wardley Society") were a break-away group from Quakers. There was disagreement, and it is quite possible that Quakers censured John and Jane Wardley, but they did not have the power to persecute them in the ways that led to their emigration from England.) One of several sources: "Ann the Word: The Story of Ann Lee, Female Meessiah, Mother of the Shakers, the Woman Clothed with the Sun" by Richard Francis (New York: Arcade Publishing, 2001). Quakerinfo 17:11, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
Per the 'Question' section above, I think more research is needed before the Wiki-linked List for List of people who have claimed to be Jesus is added to this article. It is my understanding that Ann Lee did not actually claim that she was Jesus the Christ, her assertion seems to differ. According to Nardi Reeder Campion's book Mother Ann Lee: morning star of the Shakers Ann Lee's claims and the Shaker writings about her were as follows:
I am not sure that reliable sources support the assertion that Ann Lee actually claimed to be Jesus of Nazareth. Shearonink ( talk) 18:53, 19 December 2010 (UTC)
She lived before photography. The picture is of Eldress Anna White. http://www.pinterest.com/pin/328129522820692811/ also: http://thedeliberateagrarian.blogspot.com/2010_12_01_archive.html (thanks to T.C. Quinn for this H/T) Jtbagwelljr ( talk) 17:52, 28 March 2014 (UTC)