The Presbytery of Edinburgh was one of the presbyteries of the Church of Scotland, being the local presbytery for Edinburgh. Its boundary was almost identical...
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in Edinburgh according to the 2022 census, alongside the two previous censuses. A census by the Edinburgh presbytery in 1592 recorded a population of 8...
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of Edinburgh merged to become the Presbytery of Edinburgh and West Lothian. the presbyteries of Lanark and Hamilton merged to become the Presbytery of...
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Church of Scotland has the following presbyteries and congregations: The table below lists the congregations of the Free Church of Scotland by Presbytery, with...
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Presbyterian polity (redirect from Presbytery (presbyterian church))
governed by a higher assembly of elders known as the presbytery or classis; presbyteries can be grouped into a synod, and presbyteries and synods nationwide often...
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after 2000 are listed. 1the parish of Ratho was formerly in the Presbytery of Edinburgh 2union of the parishes of Linlithgow St Michael's, St Ninian's...
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St Giles' Cathedral (redirect from High Kirk of Edinburgh)
Roman Catholic church than a Presbyterian one. Nevertheless, the Presbytery of Edinburgh approved plans in March 1870 and the High Kirk was restored between...
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Barclay Viewforth Church (redirect from Edinburgh Barclay Church)
parish church of the Church of Scotland in the Presbytery of Edinburgh. Located at the border between the Bruntsfield and Tollcross areas of the city at...
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First Secession (redirect from Associate Presbytery)
Secession was an exodus of ministers and members from the Church of Scotland in 1733. Those who took part formed the Associate Presbytery and later the United...
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Presbytery of Edinburgh and Perth". The Wee Flea. Retrieved 20 January 2017. "Ayrshire congregation latest to join the Free Church". Free Church of Scotland...
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St Andrew's Church, Brussels (category Church of Scotland churches)
of Scotland Presbytery of Edinburgh. As of 2016, it is part of the Church of Scotland's International Presbytery (formerly known as the Presbytery of...
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George Gilfillan (category Alumni of the University of Glasgow)
Thomas de Quincey, and Thomas Carlyle. He was licensed by the Presbytery of Edinburgh as a probationer in 1835, but declined an invitation to take on...
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Priestfield Parish Church (category Church of Scotland churches in Edinburgh)
parish of the Church of Scotland in Edinburgh. It is in the presbytery of Edinburgh. It is located approximately 1.5 miles (2.4 km) south of Edinburgh city...
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he was licensed as a minister by the Presbytery of Edinburgh, and he was ordained at Newton-on-Ayr Church of Scotland in December. Three years later...
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The Skating Minister (category Church of Scotland)
to skate on the frozen canals of the Netherlands. He was licensed by the Presbytery of Edinburgh in 1770 at the age of fifteen. He married Jean Fraser...
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Greyfriars Kirk (redirect from Greyfriars Kirk, Edinburgh)
Eaglais nam Manach Liath) is a parish church of the Church of Scotland, located in the Old Town of Edinburgh, Scotland. It is surrounded by Greyfriars Kirkyard...
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the University of Edinburgh. In March 1846 he was licensed to preach as a Church of Scotland minister by the Presbytery of Edinburgh. He was ordained...
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John Home (category Alumni of the University of Edinburgh)
of Edinburgh, where he graduated MA in 1742. Though interested in being a soldier, he studied divinity, and was licensed to preach by the presbytery of...
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North Leith Parish Church (category Church of Scotland churches in Edinburgh)
congregation of the Church of Scotland, within the Presbytery of Edinburgh. It served part of Leith, formerly an independent burgh and since 1920 a part of the...
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Robert Rollock (category Academics of the University of Edinburgh)
moderator of the general assembly, and in 1591 was named to a committee of the presbytery of Edinburgh with negotiated with the king on the affairs of the kirk...
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St Paul's Parish Church was a parish church of the Church of Scotland located in St Leonard's, Edinburgh, Scotland. Its building served as a church between...
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and with Salisbury in 1967. The same year, the Presbytery of Edinburgh proposed a six-way union of congregations to include St Paul's Newington with...
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Alexander Duff (missionary) (category Alumni of the University of St Andrews)
by Presbytery of St Andrews in April 1829. Duff was ordained by the Presbytery of Edinburgh on 12 August following as first (official) missionary of the...
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Relief Church (redirect from Presbytery of Relief)
Reformed Christianity portal The Relief Church (or Presbytery of Relief) was a Scottish Presbyterian denomination founded in 1761. In 1847 it united with...
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The Edinburgh Society of Organists (ESO) was founded in 1913 by Dr William Baird Ross, whose original aim was to provide "social intercourse and friendly...
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Lady Glenorchy's Church (category Churches in Edinburgh)
of the Presbytery of Edinburgh in April 1774 seeking the approval of the Presbytery and explaining that the church was expressly aimed at the poor of...
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The Parish Church of St Cuthbert is a parish church of the Church of Scotland in central Edinburgh. Probably founded in the 7th century, the church once...
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Livingston and Regent Road, Edinburgh. A parish church existed in 1571 under the control of the Presbytery of Edinburgh and was annexed to Linlithgow...
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James Grierson (minister, born 1662) (category Moderators of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland)
minister of the Church of Scotland in Wemyss in September 1698. In 1709 he was "called" by the Presbytery of Edinburgh to be "second charge" of the highly...
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dissentient Presbytery which eventually declined out of existence; others morphed, over many years, and became, in 1813, The Unitarian Church of Edinburgh. The...
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