Scottish Presbyterianism Re-Established: The Case of Stirling and Dunblane, 1687-1710 T. N. Muirhead Andrew
Scottish Presbyterianism Re-Established: The Case of Stirling and Dunblane, 1687-1710 T. N. Muirhead Andrew A local history of Presbyterianism as the new governance of the Church of ScotlandIn 1690,…
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Scottish Presbyterianism Re-Established: The Case of Stirling and Dunblane, 1687-1710 T. N. Muirhead Andrew
A local history of Presbyterianism as the new governance of the Church of ScotlandIn 1690, the Church of Scotland rejected episcopal authority and settled as Presbyterian. This book will examine the ways in which the two Presbyteries operated administratively, theologically and geographically under the new regime. The adjacent Presbyteries of Stirling and Dunblane covered an area that included both lowland and highland communities, speaking both English and Gaelic and supporting both the new government and the old - thus forming a fairly representative picture of the nation as a whole.
By surveying the complete indices of surviving church records from 1690 to 1710 at Presbytery and parish level, Andrew Muirhead will show how the two Presbyteries related to civil authorities, how they dealt with problematic discipline cases referred by the Kirk Sessions and their