The terms Old Lights and New Lights (among others) are used in Protestant Christian circles to distinguish between two groups that were initially the same.

7 мар. 2018 г. · Preachers and followers who adopted the new ideas brought forth by the Great Awakening became known as “new lights.” Those who embraced the old ... First Great Awakening · Old Lights vs. New Lights

The beliefs of the New Lights of the First Great Awakening competed with the more conservative religion of the first colonists, who were known as Old Lights.

Thus, the Old Lights opposed revivals while moderate New Lights embraced the Awakening but rejected its excesses and radical practices like stirring up crowds ...

7 сент. 2023 г. · The Old Lights were traditionalists who opposed the revival, while the New Lights were evangelists who promoted a more personal and emotional connection to ...

The Old Light condemned emotionalism and promoted the ideals of the Enlightenment. Unlike the Old Lights, the New Lights supported evangelism, the new methods ...

28 окт. 2024 г. · The New Lights, on the other hand, championed a more experiential and emotional form of religion. Led by preachers like Jonathan Edwards and ...

10 февр. 2014 г. · Fundamentally, the New Lights, who “believed in new dispensations of divine grace,” and the Old Lights, who “defended venerable institutions and ...

“New Lights” such as Jonathan Edwards heralded the renewal of faith and the increase in church membership and defended the transformative effect of emotion in.