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Biographical Studies in Scottish Church History

Biographical Studies in Scottish Church History

Mitchell, Anthony

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ISBN10: 1150651458
ISBN13: 9781150651458
Publisher: General Books
Pages: 68
Weight: 0.31
Height: 0.14 Width: 7.44 Depth: 9.69
Language: English
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1914. Excerpt: ... V-THE COVENANTING PERIOD Robert Leighton Bishop Of Dunblane And Archbishop Of Glasgow (Born 1611--Died 1684) The Original reformation settlement in Scotland was, as we have seen, a much milder and more indefinite arrangement in some important respects than is generally imagined. Especially was this true in the matter of Church Government. Hampered as they were by their theory of an invisible Kirk, and divided as they were in opinion,1 the reformers seem to have been driven by stress of circumstances upon the shoals of an unstable compromise. The strange and hybrid hierarchy which resulted, of Superintendents, Reformed Bishops, and Commissioners appointed for limited periods, has been a subject of much discussion be 1 Archbishop Spottiswoode, whose father was a superintendent and one of the compilers of the first Book of Discipline says that divers of those entrusted with this task wished to retain the ancient polity, cleansed from its corruptions, but Knox, who then carried the chiefest sway studied to conform to the Genevan model. History, Vol I, Ixii. tween Episcopalian and Presbyterian writers, each claiming the system as their own. Lacking, however, as it does the distinctive element both of Episcopacy and of Presbyterian parity, while possessing features that belong to both, it is most wisely placed in a category by itself. A study of all the facts of the case suggests that while the first generation of reformers was largely indifferent to the divine rights of either Episcopacy or Presbyterianism,2 different individuals interpreted the situation each according to his own light. The outcome of this state of things was what may be described as a see-saw between Episcopacy and Presbyterianism for more than a century. During this period the Kirk os...

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