Summary of the Question Respecting the Church of Scotland, with Special Reference to the Present Stage of the Controversy

by Robert S. Candlish

Publisher:

John Johnstone

, 1841

Overview

A debate in the Church of Scotland’s 1840 General Assembly erupted over the process by which a minister is inducted to a parish. Robert S. Candlish provides a summary of the debate and an exposition of the various views involved.

Product Details

• Title: Summary of the Question Respecting the Church of Scotland, with Special Reference to the Present Stage of the Controversy
• Author: Robert S. Candlish
• Edition: Second Edition
• Publisher: John Johnstone
• Print Publication Date: 1841
• Logos Release Date: 2012
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Church of Scotland › Doctrinal and controversial works; Church and state › Scotland
• Resource ID: LLS:SUMMQCANDLISH
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-02-12T06:13:11Z

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.