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==In religion== Simplicity is a theme in the [[Christianity|Christian]] religion. According to [[St. Thomas Aquinas]], God is [[Divine simplicity|infinitely simple]]. The Roman Catholic and Anglican religious orders of [[Franciscan]]s also strive for personal simplicity. Members of the [[Religious Society of Friends]] (Quakers) practice the [[Testimony of Simplicity]], which involves simplifying one's [[personal life|life]] to focus on what is important and disregard or avoid what is least important. Simplicity is tenet of Anabaptistism, and some [[Anabaptism|Anabaptist]] groups like the [[Bruderhof Communities|Bruderhof]], make an effort to live simply.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.theamericanconservative.com/dreher/life-among-the-bruderhof/|title=Life Among The Bruderhof|work=The American Conservative|access-date=2017-12-07|language=en-us}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/mediapacks/inside-the-bruderhof|title=BBC - Inside The Bruderhof - Media Centre|website=www.bbc.co.uk|access-date=2019-10-26}}</ref>
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