Typically, if a denomination is changing, and some refuse to change, and the denomination splits, those who did not change are referred to as the "Old Lights," ...

1. auld licht 2. a member of a conservative group in colonial America (as in a Baptist, Congregationalist, or Presbyterian church) opposed to revivalism and ...

11 окт. 2024 г. · The Old Lights, as the name suggests, represented the traditional, conservative wing of the Presbyterian Church. They viewed the Great Awakening ...

(Christianity) A relatively traditional, conservative religious movement, especially (historical) the religious movement consisting of the seceders from the ...

7 сент. 2023 г. · The Old Lights were conservative ministers who opposed the religious revival and the emotional preaching that came with it.

These “Old Light” ministers insisted upon sober and rational sermons and religious practices and rejected the passionate New Light theology and style of the ...

25 июн. 2024 г. · Old Lights were traditional clergy members who viewed revivals and emotional preaching as unnecessary, while New Lights were more modern ... Не найдено: definition | Нужно включить: definition

The anti-revivalist clergy—called the Old Lights—feared a breakdown of religious order and authority. The New Light clergy—those who supported the Awakening— ...

Separatism in late 18th-century colonial New England refers to the radical New Light congregations that split off (separated) from antirevivalist churches. Не найдено: definition | Нужно включить: definition