Illuminati
The baptised were at one time so called, because a lighted
candle was given them to hold as a symbol that they were illuminated by
the Holy Ghost.
Four religious societies
have been so called, viz.:
(1) The Hesychasts in the fourteenth
century.
(2) The Alombrados of Spain in the sixteenth century.
(3) The
Guerinets of France in the seventeenth century.
(4) The Mystics of
Belgium in the eighteenth century.
Add to these the Rosicrucians (q.v.).
The Order of the Illuminati.
A republican society, founded at Ingoldstadt in Bavaria, 1776;
having for its object the establishment of a religion consistent with
“sound reason.”
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