1874 Lay Patronage Abolished in the Church of Scotland

Dublin Core

Title

1874 Lay Patronage Abolished in the Church of Scotland

Description

Since the early 1700s the role of lay patrons in church appointments had been a major cause of discontent in the Church of Scotland, and had triggered several splits in the church. In 1874 the British Parliament agreed that Church of Scotland congregations should have the right to choose their own ministers, rather than powerful landowners making appointments to parishes.

Source

timelineoffifesreli

Date

1874

Contributor

egsr@st-andrews.ac.uk

Type

Event

Identifier

142

Date Submitted

07/30/2021 10:56:39 am

Europeana

Europeana Data Provider

Sacred Landscapes of Fife

Europeana Type

TEXT

Event Item Type Metadata

End Date

1874

Prim Media

301

Citation

“1874 Lay Patronage Abolished in the Church of Scotland,” Virtual Museum, accessed May 12, 2025, https://sacredlandscapes.org/omeka/items/show/302.

Embed

Copy the code below into your web page