 They were a fringe group, but are considered important as representative of the 'Third Force', trying to reconcile religious orthodoxy with scientific scepticism.In the early 1660s the Collegiants became harder to distinguish from other movements, of Quakers, anti-Trinitarians, and Socinians.Adam Boreel is reputed to be the author of "Lucerna Super Candelabrum" ("The Light upon the Candlestick", 1663), a mystical text accepted by both the Collegiants and the Quakers.