Directory of Scottish Resources

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The refusal of the Episcopal bishops of the Church of Scotland to accept the legitimacy of William and Mary in 1688 resulted in presbyterian government for the church. State interference in the appointment of pastors along with evangelicalism gave rise to secessionist movements in the 18th century, culminating in 1843 in a major schism and the formation of the Free Church of Scotland under Thomas Chalmers. In 1900 secession and free churches became the United Free Church, which in turn reunited with the Church of Scotland in 1929.

Subcategories

• Free Church of Scotland

Resources in This Category

• An Overview of Scottish Presbyterian History

  http://www.newble.co.uk/hall/history.html
  A brief history of the second reformation of Scotland, from the re-establishment of Presbyterianism in Scotland (1592)to the Glasgow Assembly of 1603.

• Post-Reformation Church in Scotland

  http://website.lineone.net/~davghalgh/churchhistory.html
  A timeline showing splits and re-unions in the Scottish churches from the beginning of the eighteenth century.

• Scottish Presbyterian History

  http://www.reformed.org/webfiles/antithesis/v2n4/ant_v2n4_storm.html
  An overview from 1648-1661.

 

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