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The Free Church of Scotland is a Scottish denomination which was formed in 1843 by a large withdrawal from the established Church of Scotland in a schism [1] [2] known as the Disruption of 1843. [3] In 1900, the vast majority of the Free Church of Scotland joined with the United Presbyterian Church of Scotland to form the United Free Church of ...
Robert James Brown (23 December 1792 – 7 December 1872) was a Scottish minister, who served as Moderator of the General Assembly for the Free Church of Scotland 1846/47. He was familiarly known by his students as the Dorian.
There are several obituary notices for John Maitland attached just after page 71 of this volume This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Hanna, William (1865). The Free Church of Scotland Monthly Record. Edinburgh: Free Church of Scotland. pp. 952-953. This has all the Monthly Records from 1863 to 1866.
In contemporary usage, the Free Church of Scotland usually refers to: Free Church of Scotland (since 1900), that portion of the original Free Church which remained outside the 1900 merger; extant; It may also refer to: Free Church of Scotland (1843–1900), seceded in 1843 from the Church of Scotland. The majority merged in 1900 into the United ...
The Free Church of Scotland (Scottish Gaelic: An Eaglais Shaor; [4] Scots: Free Kirk o Scotland) is a conservative evangelical Calvinist denomination in Scotland.It is the continuation of the original Free Church of Scotland that remained outside the union with the United Presbyterian Church of Scotland in 1900, and remains a distinct Presbyterian denomination in Scotland.
Church: Church of Scotland Free Church of Scotland: Personal details; Born: 5 May 1786: Died: 21 October 1853: minister of Kinfaunds [1] In office 21 October 1853 – January 1824: minister of St. Cuthbert's Chapel of Ease, Edinburgh [2] In office January 1824 – 5 January 1824: minister of Hope Park Chapel, Newington [3] In office 5 January ...
The Disruption of 1843, also known as the Great Disruption, [2] was a schism in 1843 [3] [4] in which 450 evangelical ministers broke away from the Church of Scotland [5] to form the Free Church of Scotland. [6] The main conflict was over whether the Church of Scotland or the British Government had the power to control clerical positions and ...
The United Free Church was during its relatively short existence the second largest Presbyterian church in Scotland. The Free Church brought into the union 1,068 congregations, the United Presbyterians 593. Combined they had a membership of some half a million Scots. The revenue of the former amounted to £706,546, of the latter to £361,743.