Current Books of Discipline
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There are currently over 24 different versions in print, each by a different yearly meeting, some also available to be viewed on-line. The names of the publications vary. Most Yearly Meetings either have:
- One volume called the Book of Discipline
- Two volumes, which together make up the Book of Discipline:
- One called either Church Government or Handbook of Practice and Procedure - which deals with how the Yearly Meeting is organised and governed;
- The other book called either Faith and Practice or Faith, Life and Thought or similar title - which deals with the main beliefs, doctrines and testimonies of the Quakers in that Yearly Meeting.
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