Jonathan Bach
HIST 135-06
Test I
9/30/03

Enlightenment in Colonial Society

The Enlightenment began in the mid to late 17th century; almost every source gives different dates and doesn't really specify when exactly it started. It consisted as more of a religious revolution, but it also had to do with the emergence of different specialized professions. A major point of the English Enlightenment was that it did not like the idea of a vengeful God, nor did it like the idea that man could only retain so much knowledge and a certain social standing.
John Tillotson, who was the archbishop of Canterbury until 1694 would preach, "morality rather than dogma and had a way of defending the doctrine of eternal damnation that left his listeners wondering how a merciful God could possibly have ordained such a cruel punishment." Anglicans hated firm scripture, fought against different superstitions, "scoffed" at experiences that were told from word of mouth, and discarded all......

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