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Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, The Succession of Ministers in the Church of Scotland from the Reformation is a title given to books containing lists of ministers from the Church of Scotland. The original volumes covered all ministers of the Established Church of Scotland (before the union of the Church of Scotland and the United Free Church of ...
The "Disruption" in the Church of Scotland took place in 1843, with approximately one-third of the ministers leaving to form the Free Church of Scotland. The Moderator in this critical year was Duncan Macfarlan (High Church of Glasgow) 1844 John Lee (Principal, University of Edinburgh) 1845 Alexander Hill (Professor of Divinity, University of ...
Finlay Macdonald (minister) Gilleasbuig Macmillan; Alan Main (minister) Bill McDonald (minister) A. T. B. McGowan; John McIntyre (theologian) William McKane; John Miller (minister) Peter Mills (RAF officer) William Morris (Church of Scotland minister) Angus Morrison (minister)
Elder and presbyter remain theoretically as synonyms in Church of Scotland usage, but in practice presbyter is often reserved for those elders who are members of presbytery, one of the higher courts of the Church. Minister comes from a Latin word meaning servant, and is also used in the Church as a verb: to minister to the needs of God's people.
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The moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland is the minister or elder chosen to moderate (chair) the annual General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, which is held for a week in Edinburgh every year. After chairing the Assembly, the Moderator then spends the following year representing the Church of Scotland at civic events ...
James Cooper (1846–1922) was a Church of Scotland minister and church historian. [1] In 1917 he attained the highest position in the Church of Scotland as Moderator of the General Assembly. He was a prolific author on religious topics and strong advocate of the reunion of the various schisms of the Scottish church.
James Stuart Stewart (21 July 1896 – 1 July 1990) [1] was a minister of the Church of Scotland. He taught New Testament Language, Literature and Theology at the University of Edinburgh (New College). Educated at the High School of Dundee and the University of St Andrews from 1913, he took a first in classics (MA 1917).