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Old and New Light

Index Old and New Light

The terms Old Lights and New Lights (among others) are used in Protestant Christian circles to distinguish between two groups who were initially the same, but have come to a disagreement. [1]

22 relations: A Faithful Narrative of the Surprising Work of God in the Conversion of Many Hundred Souls in Northampton, Anti-Burgher, Atonement in Christianity, Baptists, Church of Scotland, Congregationalism in the United States, Covenanter, Divine grace, Evangelicalism, First Great Awakening, George Whitefield, Jonathan Edwards (theologian), New England, Old Side–New Side Controversy, Pennsylvania, Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, Protestantism, Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America, Reformed Presbyterian Church, General Synod, Richard Bushman, Second Great Awakening, Thomas R. Schreiner.

A Faithful Narrative of the Surprising Work of God in the Conversion of Many Hundred Souls in Northampton

A Faithful Narrative of the Surprising Work of God in the Conversion of Many Hundred Souls in Northampton is an essay written in 1737 by Jonathan Edwards about the process of Christian conversion in Northampton, Massachusetts during the Great Awakening, which emanated from Edwards' congregation in 1734.

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Anti-Burgher

The Anti-Burghers were opponents of the Burgher Oath on theological grounds.

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Atonement in Christianity

In western Christian theology, atonement describes how human beings can be reconciled to God through Christ's sacrificial suffering and death.

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Baptists

Baptists are Christians distinguished by baptizing professing believers only (believer's baptism, as opposed to infant baptism), and doing so by complete immersion (as opposed to affusion or sprinkling).

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Church of Scotland

The Church of Scotland (The Scots Kirk, Eaglais na h-Alba), known informally by its Scots language name, the Kirk, is the national church of Scotland.

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Congregationalism in the United States

Congregationalism in the United States consists of Protestant churches in the Reformed tradition that have a congregational form of church government and trace their origins mainly to Puritan settlers of colonial New England.

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Covenanter

The Covenanters were a Scottish Presbyterian movement that played an important part in the history of Scotland, and to a lesser extent that of England and Ireland, during the 17th century.

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Divine grace

Divine grace is a theological term present in many religions.

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Evangelicalism

Evangelicalism, evangelical Christianity, or evangelical Protestantism, is a worldwide, crossdenominational movement within Protestant Christianity which maintains the belief that the essence of the Gospel consists of the doctrine of salvation by grace through faith in Jesus Christ's atonement.

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First Great Awakening

The First Great Awakening (sometimes Great Awakening) or the Evangelical Revival was a series of Christian revivals that swept Britain and its Thirteen Colonies between the 1730s and 1740s.

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George Whitefield

George Whitefield (30 September 1770), also spelled Whitfield, was an English Anglican cleric who was one of the founders of Methodism and the evangelical movement.

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Jonathan Edwards (theologian)

Jonathan Edwards (October 5, 1703 – March 22, 1758) was an American revivalist preacher, philosopher, and Congregationalist Protestant theologian.

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New England

New England is a geographical region comprising six states of the northeastern United States: Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut.

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Old Side–New Side Controversy

The Old Side–New Side Controversy occurred within the Presbyterian Church in Colonial America and was part of the wider theological controversy surrounding the First Great Awakening.

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Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania German: Pennsylvaani or Pennsilfaani), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state located in the northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.

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Presbyterian Church in the United States of America

The Presbyterian Church in the United States of America (PCUSA) was the first national Presbyterian denomination in the United States, existing from 1789 to 1958.

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Protestantism

Protestantism is the second largest form of Christianity with collectively more than 900 million adherents worldwide or nearly 40% of all Christians.

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Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America

The Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America (RPCNA), a Christian church, is a Presbyterian denomination with churches throughout the United States, in Canada, and in Japan.

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Reformed Presbyterian Church, General Synod

The Reformed Presbyterian Church, General Synod was a Presbyterian denomination that came about due to a split amongst the Reformed Presbyterians, or Covenanters and existed between 1833 and 1965.

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Richard Bushman

Richard Lyman Bushman (born June 20, 1931) is an American historian and Gouverneur Morris Professor of History emeritus at Columbia University.

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Second Great Awakening

The Second Great Awakening was a Protestant religious revival during the early 19th century in the United States.

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Thomas R. Schreiner

Thomas R. Schreiner is an American New Testament scholar.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_and_New_Light

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