Ranter
Ranter (or Renter , Rantertum ) is a term that is often used in connection with the young Quakerism . It is not entirely clear whether this was actually a group or just an expression of demarcation from other groups. In English, ranter has roughly the meaning of "pathetic orator" or "braggart".
George Fox used this term several times to differentiate himself from people and groups. For example, the term was applied to the group around Rice Jones , whose supporters were among the country's best football players and wrestlers. Fox accused them of being "addicted to worldliness". The author Joseph Salmon (1647–1656) is also referred to by Fox as a Ranter . He met him personally while visiting Coventry prison, where he had a dispute with him.
The term ranter has a similar connotation within Quakerism as the term counterrevolutionary .
Individual evidence
- ↑ cf. Wiktionary "ranter"
- ↑ For example George Fox: Notes and Letters of the First Quaker. Translation by Marg. Stähelin, 1908; Chapter 2, p. 20.
- ^ Claus Bernet: Rice Jones. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 24, Bautz, Nordhausen 2005, ISBN 3-88309-247-9 , Sp. 917-918.
- ↑ See also: engl. WP Joseph Salmon ( this version )
- ↑ See: George Fox: Notes and Letters of the First Quaker. Translation by Marg. Stähelin, 1908; Chapter 3, p. 30.