Remarks on the Dean of Faculty’s Letter to the Lord Chancellor

by Robert S. Candlish

Publisher:

John Johnstone

, 1839

Overview

In this succinct argument, Robert S. Candlish states his opinions on the claims of the Church of Scotland in regard to its jurisdiction and the proposed changes in its polity as discussed in the General Assembly of 1839. The controversy surrounding the relationship between the Church of Scotland’s independence and the civil law of Scotland would lead to the Disruption of 1843, when a large portion of the Church broke away to form the Free Church of Scotland.

Product Details

• Title: Remarks on the Dean of Faculty’s Letter to the Lord Chancellor
• Author: Robert S. Candlish
• Publisher: John Johnstone
• Print Publication Date: 1839
• Logos Release Date: 2012
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Hope, John, 1794-1858 › Letter to the Lord Chancellor; Church of Scotland › Doctrinal and controversial works; Church and state › Scotland
• Resource ID: LLS:REMRKSCANDLISH
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-02-12T05:24:21Z

About Robert S. Candlish

Robert Smith Candlish (March 23, 1806 – October 19, 1873), Scottish divine, was born at Edinburgh, and spent his early years in Glasgow, where he graduated in 1823. During the years 1823-1826 he went through the prescribed course at the divinity hall, then presided over by Dr Stevenson MacGill. On leaving, accompanied a pupil as private tutor to Eton, where he stayed two years.