Deposition of Ministers in the Church of Scotland Under the Covenanters, 1638-1651
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3566185 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David Stevenson (0000-0001-9117-138X, University of Aberdeen, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1975 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 321-335 |
| Publication date | 1975-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Church History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0009-6407 • E-ISSN: 1755-2613 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3164034 |
| OpenAlex | W2159183182 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 3 |
The period 1638-1651 saw the first major purges of the ministry of the reformed kirk in Scotland since the Reformation. These were the forerunners of the later great purges associated with the Restoration (of monarchy and episcopacy) in the 1660s and with the Revolution and re-establishment of presbyterianism in 1688-1690. Before 1638, for all the conflicts within the kirk and in its relations with the state, deposition of ministers had been rare. J. K. Hewison's estimate of 49 deprivations or depositions in 1560-1638 is probably too low, but is of the right order. No detailed study of depositions under the covenanters has ever been made. Hewison calculated that 138 ministers were deprived in the whole of the period 1638-1660. but this figure is far too low. More recentestimates (again covering 1638-1660) of about 200, and of about 210 depositions come much nearer the truth, but they also are too low; there were more depositions than this even in 1638-1651. Considering the importance attached to the depositions after 1660 and after 1688 as indicating the acceptability to ministers of the religious changes then introduced and the extent of persecution, it is rather surprising that so little attention has been paid to the predecessors of these purges- though James Bulloch's two useful local studies of depositions do cover the whole of the seventeenth century
Ancient history · Art · Christian ministry · Council of Ministers · Monarchy · Order (exchange) · Period (music) · Persecution · Political science · Politics · State (computer science) · Synod · Historical Studies of British Isles · History · Law · Reformation and Early Modern Christianity · Scottish History and National Identity
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| Citation span | 2016 - 2020 (5) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
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