Church of Scotland splits

Historical Context Note

Litencyc Editors (Independent Scholar - Europe)

The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.2.3: Scottish Writing and Culture, 400-present.
Vol. editors: Kate Ash-Irisarri (University of Edinburgh), Daniel Cook (University of Dundee), J. Derrick McClure (University of Aberdeen)

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Church of Scotland

Dates

Date of occurrence 1843

Places

Scotland (Location)

The Church of Scotland, which is a Protestant established Church founded in the Reformation with the leadership of John Knox, saw a secession of approximately 450 out of the 1200 ministers of the General Assembly. This was the culmination of a dispute which had been ongoing for the past ten years, over the issue of who had the right to choose a parish minister. The Evangelical party, in a majority in the General Assembly in the early 1830s, had passed a Veto Act, which allowed parishioners unhappy with their landlord's choice to veto it. Now, however, the House of Lords decided that this was an illegal change in the law, and overturned the Assembly's legislation. A sizeable wing of the Assembly was dissatisfied with this interference …

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Citation: Editors, Litencyc. "Church of Scotland splits". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 30 August 2013 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=2045, accessed 23 November 2024.]

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