Dominating Calvinist orthodoxy, which was the main religion that branched off into other sections before the Great Awakening, it divided the religious community internally, into "old lights" and "new lights", those opposed and those supportive of the Great Awakening; caused primarily by a decline in worship attendance, and Enlightenment rationalism. ... In the age of Enlightenment, when the Calvinism orthodox was at its highest level, the Church was made for the elite members, those who were already predestined to go through the golden gates of Heaven, while there were others who were foreve...

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With striking similarities to the friars, outside observers of Passion see the sizable monetary donations, traveling across the country to worship, and social media posts proclaiming their most recent "enlightenment", as evidence that these young adults are truly devout followers of Jesus. ...

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