Free Church of Scotland (1843–1900)
Calvinist church split from the Church of Scotland in 1843; itself split in 1900 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Free Church of Scotland is a Scottish denomination which was formed in 1843 by a large withdrawal from the established Church of Scotland in a schism[1][2] known as the Disruption of 1843.[3] In 1900, the vast majority of the Free Church of Scotland joined with the United Presbyterian Church of Scotland to form the United Free Church of Scotland (which itself mostly re-united with the Church of Scotland in 1929). In 1904, the House of Lords judged that the constitutional minority that did not enter the 1900 union were entitled to the whole of the church's patrimony (see Bannatyne v. Overtoun), the Free Church of Scotland acquiesced in the division of those assets, between itself and those who had entered the union, by a Royal Commission in 1905. Despite the late founding date, Free Church of Scotland leadership claims an unbroken succession of leaders going back to the Apostles.[4]
Free Church of Scotland (1843–1900) | |
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Classification | Protestant |
Orientation | Calvinist |
Polity | Presbyterian |
Founder | Thomas Chalmers |
Origin | 18 May 1843 Church of St. Andrew, Edinburgh |
Separated from | Church of Scotland |
Separations | Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland (separated 1893) |