{"id":227,"date":"2023-09-14T12:34:05","date_gmt":"2023-09-14T17:34:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/rebuildingmyreligion\/?p=227"},"modified":"2023-09-14T12:34:05","modified_gmt":"2023-09-14T17:34:05","slug":"christian-enlightenment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/rebuildingmyreligion\/2023\/09\/christian-enlightenment\/","title":{"rendered":"Christian Enlightenment: Can a Christian Be Enlighted?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Can a Christian be enlightened? Spiritual enlightenment is biblical, and enlightenment was an important way that Christians throughought history expressed their faith. But there\u2019s a major difference between Christian enlightenment and New Age enlightenment. So what is spiritual enlightenment in Christianity? In this article, we\u2019ll look at what some early Christian thinkers said about enlightenment.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Bible\u2019s Definition of Enlightenment<\/span><\/h2>\n In this video I talk about the New Testament uses of the word \u201cenlighten,\u201d from the Greek word <\/span>photizo.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n