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Philadelphian Society

A Protestant group formed in England during the 17th century and led by John Pordage, an Anglican priest, and Jane Leade, a Christian Universalist and mystic. Pordage and Leade taught that God is present in all creation and that virtuous living and the search for truth is the path to enlightenment.

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