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The Ordination of Elders in a Scottish Kirk, painting by John Henry Lorimer, 1891 Alexander Webster, minister of the Tolbooth Kirk in St. Giles, Edinburgh and moderator of the Church of Scotland in 1753, was responsible for providing the first reliable estimate of Scotland's population in modern times. Based on returns from parish ministers ...
16th-century ministers of the Church of Scotland (1 C, 33 P) 17th-century ministers of the Church of Scotland (2 C, 124 P) 18th-century ministers of the Church of Scotland (171 P)
The Church of Scotland (CoS; Scots: The Kirk o Scotland; Scottish Gaelic: Eaglais na h-Alba) is a Presbyterian denomination of Christianity that holds the status of the national church in Scotland. It is one of the country's largest, having 259,200 members in 2023.
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).
John Knox (c. 1514 – 24 November 1572) was a Scottish minister, Reformed theologian, and writer who was a leader of the country's Reformation.He was the founder of the Church of Scotland.
In 1982 he succeeded Very Rev Andrew Beveridge Doig as the Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. From 1983 until 1987 he was convenor of the Church of Scotland Board of Education. [6] In 1986 he was honoured with a Festschrift, Religious imagination, ed. James P. Mackey (Edinburgh University Press, 1986).
John Duncan (1796 – 26 February 1870), also known as "Rabbi" Duncan, was a minister of the Free Church of Scotland, a missionary to the Jews in Hungary, and Professor of Hebrew and Oriental Languages at New College, Edinburgh. [1] He is best remembered for his aphorisms.
John Welsh (c. 1570 –1622) was a Scottish Presbyterian leader. He was born in Dumfriesshire and attended the University of Edinburgh to obtain his MA in 1588. He became a minister in Selkirk and married Elizabeth Knox, a daughter of John and Margaret Knox, before leaving Selkirk. [2]