The Search for Peace in Times of Chaos—Volume et moral behavior and good works are viewed as essential to showing faith and obedience to God Like many evangelical Protestants, they believe in the imminent return of Jesus They teach that the book of Revelation relates to events happening in the world today Special Doctrine Quaker are an expression of “spirituality in action.” They can be regarded as the traditional statements of Quaker belief The Testimonies are not a formal, static set of words, but rather a shared view of how many Quakers relate to God and the world This leads to each Quaker having a different understanding of what the Testimonies are, and while the ideologies remain quite similar for all Quakers, they go by different names, and different values are included throughout the Religious Society of Friends The list of Testimonies is, like all aspects of Friends theology, continuously evolving—so as to be relevant to today, but the following are the most common: Peace Equality Integrity (or sometimes referred to as Truth) Simplicity 20 The Peace Testimony: The Peace Testimony is probably the best known testimony of Friends The belief that violence is wrong has persisted to this day, and many conscientious objectors, advocates of non-violence and anti-war activists are Friends Quaker opposition to war has probably been the most lasting and universally accepted teaching of this movement It comes from their conviction that “there is that of God in every person.” This is an extension of the Christian teaching that “ ǡ ǡ ” (Matthew 25:40) (Because of their peace testimony, Friends are considered as one of the historic peace churches In 1947 Quakerism was awarded the Ǥ The Peace Testimony has not always been well received in the world; on many occasions Friends have been imprisoned for refusing to serve in military activities.21 211