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Definition of Alumbrados

Alumbrados
Illuminati Il*lu`mi*na"ti, n. pl. [L. illuminatus. See Illuminate, v. t., and cf. Illuminee.] Literally, those who are enlightened; -- variously applied as follows: 1. (Eccl.) Persons in the early church who had received baptism; in which ceremony a lighted taper was given them, as a symbol of the spiritual illumination they has received by that sacrament. 2. (Eccl. Hist.) Members of a sect which sprung up in Spain about the year 1575. Their principal doctrine was, that, by means of prayer, they had attained to so perfect a state as to have no need of ordinances, sacraments, good works, etc.; -- called also Alumbrados, Perfectibilists, etc. 3. (Mod. Hist.) Members of certain associations in Modern Europe, who combined to promote social reforms, by which they expected to raise men and society to perfection, esp. of one originated in 1776 by Adam Weishaupt, professor of canon law at Ingolstadt, which spread rapidly for a time, but ceased after a few years. 4. Also applied to: (a) An obscure sect of French Familists; (b) The Hesychasts, Mystics, and Quietists; (c) The Rosicrucians. 5. Any persons who profess special spiritual or intellectual enlightenment.

Meaning of Alumbrado from wikipedia

- the alumbrados (alumˈbɾaðos, illuminated) was a term used to loosely describe practitioners of a mystical form of christianity in spain
- alumbrados , a dissident religious groups meeting in spain during the 16th and 17th centuries, similarities compared with the sadili
- chronological and other grounds, the tendency to consider la beata de piedrahíta one of the alumbrados, placing her rather among the 'pre-alumbrados
- possibly associated with the alumbrados , and appears to have lingered until 1794, having affinities with those known contemporaneously in
- belief in the christmas panther (el puma de navidad) has developed throughout the history of the quimbayan holiday known as the alumbrado
- labeled by the inquisition as 'lutheran' were those against the sect of mystics known as the 'alumbrados ' of guadalajara and valladolid .
- company antel , as well as the electrical works caess (compañía de alumbrado público de el salvador), public hospitals and pension funds .
- expiry 2015-10-22t16:48:43z , small yes small yes , expiry october 22, 2015 the secret society , the film , illuminata (film) , the muslim
- the most important cultural event is the candles and lanterns festival (full name in spanish: fiesta nacional del concurso de alumbrados
- justification by faith in language that would be familiar to spanish alumbrados and catholic humanists . marcel bataillon calls it 'an