Parish politics and godly agitation in late Interregnum Scotland
Langley, Chris R. (2021) Parish politics and godly agitation in late Interregnum Scotland. Church History: Studies in Christianity and Culture, 90 (3). pp. 557-578. ISSN 1755-2613
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Abstract
Following the English invasion of Scotland in July 1650, ministers and laymen in the Church of Scotland splintered between Protester and Resolutioner factions: The Protesters argued that the Church of Scotland required further moral reformation in order to appease a vengeful God and the Resolutioners were more content to accept the reintegration of former royalists into places of trust following the Civil Wars. This article explores the profound ways in which this split fundamentally altered relationships in the unusually well-documented parish of Crichton in Midlothian. Unlike other studies that have emphasized the ways in which the Protesters moved towards a position of separation from the rest of the Kirk, this article explores a group of Protesters who sought to actively reform the Kirk from within. Godly agitation in parish affairs was characterized by three traits: it was coordinated, remarkably litigious, and disseminated in manuscript libels and petitions rather than print. Ultimately, while this godly elite was adept at agitating for further reformation at the parish level, it did so without seceding from the structures of the national Church altogether.
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| Additional Information: | This article has been published in a revised form in Church History https://doi.org/10.1017/S0009640721002122. This version is published under a Creative Commons CC-BY-NC-ND. No commercial re-distribution or re-use allowed. Derivative works cannot be distributed. © copyright holder. |
| Divisions: | Faculty of of Arts, Society and Professional Studies > Department of Art and Humanities |
| Depositing User: | Ms Hazel Barham |
| Date Deposited: | 11 Feb 2020 16:13 |
| Last Modified: | 20 Dec 2021 09:41 |
| URI: | https://newman.repository.guildhe.ac.uk/id/eprint/17278 |
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