Meaning of New Light | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A relatively progressive or less traditional religious movement, especially (historical) the party within the 18th-century Scottish Secession Church which adopted Voluntary views of the relations of church and state; or the Socinianizing party in the Church of Scotland in the 18th century.
2. A member of such a religious movement.

Examples

“An Antiburgher meeting house was erected at Blacks-well in 1761, and a New Light Burgher house, near the church, towards the end of last century.”

“[The Public Universal Friend] was born into a Quaker family in Rhode Island but was disowned in 1776 for joining the New Light Baptists.”

“In Virginia, Samuel Davies, a New Light Presbyterian, and his followers had the greatest impact. The differences between New Lights and orthodox Anglicans centered mainly on two issues.”

“Because many of the New Light Baptist churches were not recognized by the Old Light Baptists, these endorsements were often impossible to obtain.”

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