"Ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light; which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy."
— Mercy

January 1, 1970

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Anonymous, in First Epistle of Peter 2:9 - 10 (traditionally attributed to Saint Peter); this is one of the passages through which Quakers indicate divine sanction of the universal priesthood of all believers.