A Book of Discipline is one of the various books issued by a Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), setting out what it means to be a Quaker within that Yearly Meeting. The common name for this kind of book varies between Yearly Meetings, and includes Book of Discipline, Faith and Practice, Christian Faith and Practice, Quaker Faith and Practice, Church Government, and Handbook of Practice and Procedure. Each Yearly Meeting periodically updates its own Book of Discipline according to its usual practice of decision making within the Society.
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Notable ExampleQuaker Faith and Practice 1 Defining TraitSets out what it means to be a Quaker in a Yearly Meeting 1 Sources
1. Book of Discipline (Quaker) - Wikipedia
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Quaker Faith and Practice: The book of Christian discipline of the Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends in Britain
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setting out what it means to be a Quaker in that Yearly Meeting
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