New Light

English Pronunciation en aɪt 2 Proper noun New Light en religion A relatively progressive or less traditional religious movement, especially en 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. en 1835 The New Statistical Account of Scotland 289 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. en 1995 Hugh Barbour; Christopher Densmore; Elizabeth H. Moger; Nancy C. Sorel; Alson D. Van Wagner; Arthur J. Worrall Quaker Crosscurrents: Three Hundred Years of Friends in the New York Yearly Meetings 44 Syracuse University Press 9780815626510 [The Public Universal Friend] was born into a Quaker family in Rhode Island but was disowned in 1776 for joining the New Light Baptists. en 2006 Rosemary Skinner Keller; Rosemary Radford Ruether; Marie Cantlon Encyclopedia of Women and Religion in North America Indiana University Press 9780253346865 239 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. en 2012 Michael I. Meyerson Endowed by Our Creator: The Birth of Religious Freedom in America Yale University Press 9780300183498 Because many of the New Light Baptist churches were not recognized by the Old Light Baptists, these endorsements were often impossible to obtain. Coordinate terms en Old Light Derived terms en New Lighter Noun New Light A member of such a religious movement. Further reading n, adj