The 'Light' in the Enlightenment

"The 'light' in the Enlightenment was real light. We are able in some respects to understand the Bible better than we did before, and we are able in some ways to understand what actually goes on in the life of the church better than we did before the Enlightenment. Whatever else may be possible, it is not possible to put ourselves back before that experience. It is not possible to unknow what we have learned."


Lesslie Newbigin, Foolishness to the Greeks, p. 43