A church history of Scotland
1961, First Edition, Second Printing. London ; New York : Oxford University Press. Very good cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-toned dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Reader inscription and scuffs from removed bookplate to recto front free endpaper. Edges faintly foxed. Folded chart sound, if slightly edge-creased. Remains well-preserved overall. Item #454074
Physical description; 456 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references. Contents; Roman Britain and the early British church -- St. Columba and Iona -- Iona and Lindisfarne -- The emergence of Scotland and the Church of Scotland -- The kingdom of Scotland, 1057-1560 -- The parish church -- The new monasticism -- The bishoprics -- The friars -- Colleges or collegiate churches -- Ecclesia Scoticana -- The episcopate in action -- Opposition and reform -- The crisis of the church, 1559-60 -- The ideals of the reformers -- Queen Mary -- Church and state under James VI, 1567-1625 -- Charles I and the covenants -- From the Restoration to the Revolution -- The re-establishment of Presbyterianism -- Moderatism -- The evangelical revival -- The disruption -- Recovery in the established church -- Movements towards reunion. Subjects; Scotland -- Church history. Church of Scotland -- History.
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