Free Church aims to uphold spiritual independence in Scotland
Principal Rainy’s advocacy for disestablishment shapes Free Church policy amid debate on patronage, reconstruction of Presbyterianism, and the place of the Establishment. The Aberdeen Press notes the shift toward ending establishment while preserving church unity and influence in Scotland.
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Free Church
Principal Rainy
Peterhead
Scotland
Baird Endowment
Church of Scotland
Rainy
House of God
Free Church faces neutrality clash after Rainy address
In the last General Assembly discussion on disestablishment was avoided while the more advanced party kept its line by adopting a declaration that adhered to former deliverances. Principal Rainy’s address makes clear the Free Church finds neutrality either impossible or intolerable.
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Osborne Morgan
Oxford
Cambridge
Commons
Lowe
Burgon
Earl of Redesdale
Owston Ferry
Bristol
The
Liberation Society
Colston Hall
Chamberlain
M.P
Carvell Williams
South Wales
J. Jenkyn Brown
Birmingham
Dr. Thomas
Liverpool
Llanelly
Carmarthen
Wirral
Birkenhead
Chester
Torr
Home Secretary
St. Albans
Cornwall
Mr. Torr
Durham
Lincoln
John Bull
Lichfield
Newcastle
Southwell
Derby
Michael Hicks- Beach
Cheltenham
Gloucester
Church of England
M. Hicks-Beach
Livesey
T. P. Bell
Manchester
Bell
Ashworth
Free Church
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