Quaker Insights: Isaac Penington

Photo by Aaron Burden.

We sat down with Ruth Tod, author of ‘Exploring Isaac Penington: Seventeenth-Century Quaker Mystic, Teacher and Activist’, to discuss the impact Isaac’s writing has had on her understanding of Quakerism.

Born in 1616, Isaac Penington was one of the earliest Quakers, promoting and writing about the movement. Like many early Friends, he was often imprisoned for his beliefs and was jailed a total of six times.

Writing from his experience of imprisonment, Isaac’s emphasis on living with integrity is still relevant today. Here’s a snippet of inspiration from his writings:

Find out more about the influential moments in Issac Penington’s life, as told by Ruth Tod, here: