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James Sharp, or Sharpe, (4 May 1618 – 3 May 1679) was a minister in the Church of Scotland, or kirk, who served as Archbishop of St Andrews from 1661 to 1679. His support for Episcopalianism, or governance by bishops, brought him into conflict with elements of the kirk who advocated Presbyterianism.
John Archbishop of York, is Dr. Sharp, he was a Rector of St Giles in the Fields, in the Reign of King James; when, preaching warmly against Popery, he was silenced, and the Bishop of London (Dr. Compton) suspended from his office, for not turning him out. He was made by King William Archbishop of York; and this Queen hath made him her Lord ...
Sharp became chaplain to Archbishop William Dawes, a prebendary of Southwell Minster, and a member of the Gentlemen's Society at Spalding. He was also prebendary of Wistow in York Minster (29 April 1719), appointed rector of Rothbury, Northumberland in 1720, and collated archdeacon of Northumberland on 27 February 1722/3. He was created D.D. at ...
James Sharp, Archbishop of St Andrews, assassinated by Covenanter radicals in 1679. After the Restoration of the Monarchy in 1660, Scotland regained control of the Kirk, but the Rescissory Act 1661 restored the legal position of 1633 and removing the Covenanter reforms of 1638–1639. The Privy Council of Scotland restored bishops on 6 ...
John Sharp was a theologian and Church of Scotland minister. [1] He achieved notoriety for his presbyterian principles which brought him into conflict with James VI who wished to impose an episcopalian system. Sharp graduated with an M.A. from St Andrews in 1592. He was admitted to Kilmany in 1601.
Sharp was killed whilst en route from Edinburgh to St. Andrews. Some Presbyterians regarded this as theologically defensible, regarding it as a killing rather than a murder. [2] [3] John Balfour alias "Captain Burleigh" [4] John Balfour of Kinloch was the principal actor in the assassination of Archbishop Sharp in 1679.
James Sharp (bishop) (1613–1679), Archbishop of St Andrews James Sharp (mayor) (1843–1904), mayor of Salt Lake City, Utah James A. Sharp Jr. , mayor of Flint, Michigan
Sharp was consecrated Bishop of New Guinea on 25 April 1910. [1] [3] He attended the Lambeth conference in 1920; in 1921 he was elected Archbishop of Brisbane in succession to Archbishop St Clair Donaldson. He was enthroned at St John's Cathedral, Brisbane, on 16 November 1921. Sharp was a missionary bishop, much interested in social work. [1]