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Author Stephen, Jeffrey, Dr.

Title Scottish Presbyterians and the Act of Union 1707 / Jeffrey Stephen
Published Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, ©2007

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Description 1 online resource (274 pages)
Contents COPYRIGHT; Contents; Preface; 1 Union: The Religious and Political Background, 1689-1706; 2 'And the Gates of Hell Shall Not Prevail Against Her': Securing the Church in the Event of a Union; 3 'Upon the Watchtower of This Church': The Commission of the General Assembly; 4 Presbyteries and Parishes: Addressing Against Union; 5 The Church and Popular Protest; 6 Incorporating Union: The Search for an Alternative; 7 'That God may Mercifully Bring Good out of that Union'; Appendix; Bibliography; Index
Summary Set against the background of post-revolution Scottish ecclesiastical politics, this book addresses the hitherto largely neglected religious dimension to the debates on Anglo-Scottish Union. Focusing predominantly on the period between April 1706 and January 1707, the book examines the attitudes and reactions of Presbyterians to the treaty and challenges many of the widely held assumptions about the role of the church and other groups during the debate. The focal point of the Kirk's response was the Commission of the General Assembly. Through the extensive use of church records and other primary sources the work of the commission in pursuit of church security through its debates, committees and addresses, is discussed at length. The book also examines the church and groups like the Cameronians and Hebronites in relation to the parliamentary debate, the pursuit of alternatives to incorporation, popular protest, addressing and armed resistance
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 244-267) and index
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Subject Church of Scotland
Presbyterian Church -- Scotland -- History -- 18th century
Church and state -- Scotland -- History -- 18th century
HISTORY.
HISTORY -- Europe -- Great Britain.
Church and state
Presbyterian Church
Presbyterianer
Religionspolitik
Vereinigung
Scotland -- History -- Union, 1707.
Scotland
England
Schottland
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780748630783
0748630783
1281252204
9781281252203
9780748653423
0748653422
9786611252205
6611252207