Question

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Old Lights and New Lights preachers both followed Protestantism. How did the two differ?

Answer 1

Old Lights preachers believed religion should be practiced in a rational way while New Lights preachers propagated emotion in religion.
Old Lights preachers believed in salvation through God’s grace while New Lights preachers believed in salvation through charity.
Old Lights preachers restricted membership to their churches while New Lights preachers welcomed all into their churches.
Old Lights preachers attempted to rationalize the dictates of the Church of England while New Lights preachers tried to revive Puritanism.
Old Lights preachers encouraged looking at religion through science while New Lights preachers separated science from religion.

Answer 2

The terms Old Lights and New Lights (among others) are used in Christian circles to distinguish between two groups who were initially the same, ... splits, those who did not change are referred to as the "Old Lights", and the ones who ... followed the principles of the Covenanters, while the "New Lichts" were more focused on

Answer 3

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