Quaker silence

[The Liturgist]

Well, yes, but our friend was looking for a church for himself, one that is similar to the traditional Quakers when it comes to worship.

What you've cited are some internal exceptions in those denominations you named. If he were to join one of those denominations, expecting Quaker-like silence in worship, he would have a lot of trouble finding it, and if he did, it would be on a rare occasion.

Here's what he wrote about experiencing a Quaker meeting:



I took that to mean he wanted to experience that style himself as a normal part of his worship life.

I see your point. Where I was coming from is that, for example, Cistercian and Carthusian silence is at least as, if not more, extreme than even pure waiting worship, in terms of the pervasiveness of silence at nearly all times.