An ecumenical group of experts in church law produced a Statement of Principles of Christian Law based on a comparative examination of the internal regulations of their respective churches. This article examines the detail of the Statement from the point of view of the regulations and practice of Quakers in Britain and concludes that, based as it is on a Trinitarian, sacramental view of ‘the Church’, while there is much in it with which Friends – and members of other non-sacramental, non-hierarchical denominations – would agree, there is also much which has little resonance for them.

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基督教法原则声明：贵格会的观点

一个普世的教会法专家小组制定了一份基督教法原则声明基于对各自教会内部法规的比较检查。本文从英国贵格会的法规和实践的角度审视了该声明的细节，并得出结论，尽管它是基于三位一体的、圣礼的“教会”观点，但其中有很多内容与朋友——以及其他非圣礼、非等级制教派的成员——会同意，还有很多对他们来说几乎没有共鸣的东西。