1761 The Relief Church Splits from the Church of Scotland
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Title
1761 The Relief Church Splits from the Church of Scotland
Description
During the 1750s and 1760s a dispute over the appointment of a new minister at Inverkeithing led to another split in the Church of Scotland. A group of ministers who objected to outside interference in parish appointments set up the new Relief Church. The first official meeting of the Relief Church took place at Colinsburgh. Perhaps unsurprisingly given its local origins the Relief Church soon gathered considerable support in Fife.
Source
timelineoffifesreli
Date
1761
Contributor
egsr@st-andrews.ac.uk
Type
Event
Identifier
152
Date Submitted
08/02/2021 07:53:21 pm
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Sacred Landscapes of Fife
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Event Item Type Metadata
End Date
1761
Prim Media
321
Collection
Citation
“1761 The Relief Church Splits from the Church of Scotland,” Virtual Museum, accessed April 19, 2025, https://sacredlandscapes.org/omeka/items/show/322.
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