RESTORATION NOTESRESTORATION NOTES

ADDITIONS TO:Introduction through

The18th Century

ADDITIONS TO:Introduction through

The18th Century

COMPARISION TO COLONIESCOMPARISION TO COLONIES

1607- 100 people 1753- 1.328 million Post-American Revolution (by

1783) 3.125 Million

By 1800- 7.358 Million(TRIPLED IN 17 YEARS!)

1607- 100 people 1753- 1.328 million Post-American Revolution (by

1783) 3.125 Million

By 1800- 7.358 Million(TRIPLED IN 17 YEARS!)

Early, Prominent Members of Royal Society

Early, Prominent Members of Royal Society

~Robert Doyle- considered the founder of Modern Chemistry

~Christopher Wren- architect- design/ built St. Paul’s Cathedral

~Robert Doyle- considered the founder of Modern Chemistry

~Christopher Wren- architect- design/ built St. Paul’s Cathedral

THREE (3) MAJORPHILOSOPHIES

FOLLOWED BY THEEARLY MEMBERS OF THERESTORATION PERIOD

THREE (3) MAJORPHILOSOPHIES

FOLLOWED BY THEEARLY MEMBERS OF THERESTORATION PERIOD

DEISMDEISM

Product of the Age of Enlightenment

A RELIGION BASED ON REASON

ANDTHE OBSERVATION OF NATURE

Product of the Age of Enlightenment

A RELIGION BASED ON REASON

ANDTHE OBSERVATION OF NATURE

DEIST PHILOSOPHERSDEIST PHILOSOPHERS

ROSSEAU / VOLTAIRE / KANT (EMBRACED THE AGE)

*Accepted God as Creator of the Universe, but REJECTED the notion that God might break laws governing that Universe; which denies reality in scriptures.

******FREE-THINKING******

ROSSEAU / VOLTAIRE / KANT (EMBRACED THE AGE)

*Accepted God as Creator of the Universe, but REJECTED the notion that God might break laws governing that Universe; which denies reality in scriptures.

******FREE-THINKING******

MORE DEISMMORE DEISM

DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

AND PREAMBLE TO CONSTITUTION

“We are endowed by the Creator with Certain, unalienable rights”

DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

AND PREAMBLE TO CONSTITUTION

“We are endowed by the Creator with Certain, unalienable rights”

COLONIAL DEISTSCOLONIAL DEISTS

BEN FRANKLIN- discovered electricity

THOMAS JEFFERSONWrote Dec. of Independence

THOMAS PAINEWrote “The Age of Reason”

BEN FRANKLIN- discovered electricity

THOMAS JEFFERSONWrote Dec. of Independence

THOMAS PAINEWrote “The Age of Reason”

RATIONALISMRATIONALISM

Emphasizes the authority of human reason

*Belief that all knowledge and truth consist in what is ascertainable by rational processes of thought, and there is NO SUPERNATURAL REVELATION

Emphasizes the authority of human reason

*Belief that all knowledge and truth consist in what is ascertainable by rational processes of thought, and there is NO SUPERNATURAL REVELATION

RATIONALISM EVOLVES

17TH CENTURYPHILOSOPHICAL RATIONALISM

18TH CENTURYCULTURAL RATIONALISM

RATIONALISM EVOLVES

17TH CENTURYPHILOSOPHICAL RATIONALISM

18TH CENTURYCULTURAL RATIONALISM

MATERIALISMMATERIALISM

Holds everything in a state of CONCIOUSNESS

EVERY HUMAN CONCIOUSNESS is caused by

CHEMICAL REACTIONS

Holds everything in a state of CONCIOUSNESS

EVERY HUMAN CONCIOUSNESS is caused by

CHEMICAL REACTIONS

MATERIALISM DEFINEDMATERIALISM DEFINED

*Material is the basic reality of the

Universe; hence that everything is material or can ultimately be shown to derive from matter.

****DENIES SPIRITUALITY****

*Material is the basic reality of the

Universe; hence that everything is material or can ultimately be shown to derive from matter.

****DENIES SPIRITUALITY****