The General Assembly of the Free Church of Scotland (1851) and the Revolution Settlement

[Reformed Covenanter]

The context of this statement was the Free Church's negotiations for union with the Original Seceders:

That “the Revolution Settlement,” by which the liberties of the Church were secured, under the reign of William and Mary, was in all respects satisfactory, has never been maintained by this Church. On the contrary, various circumstances may be pointed out as hindering the Church from realizing fully the attainments that had been reached during the Second Reformation. ...

For more, see The General Assembly of the Free Church of Scotland (1851) and the Revolution Settlement.

 

[Jeri Tanner]

I just commented on Chris’s post on the ‘common prayer book’ thing in England that the hardships of that time should be understood and taken into account in our day in considering what good men chose to do. The RP church for instance prides itself on having stayed out of the Revolution Settlement, but I hope for the day when a better understanding prevails in Presbyterian denominations.