3 Ensuring the Continuity of Ministry

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Tables vii
4. Acknowledgements viii
5. Detail from Ecclesiastical Map of Scotland x
6. Introduction: Post-Revolution Presbyterianism in Central Scotland 1
7. 1 Scotland and its National Church in 1688 10
8. 2 Ministering in the Presbyteries: Exiles and Antediluvians 32
9. 3 Ensuring the Continuity of Ministry 46
10. 4 The Courts of the Church and the Business of Pres 71
11. 5 The Eldership and the Heritors 87
12. 6 Celebrating the Sacraments 109
13. 7 Preaching the Word, Week by Week 128
14. 8 The Survival of Episcopacy 143
15. 9 Church Discipline and the Law 158
16. 10 Dunblane’s Highland Parishes 179
17. 11 The Church and the Union of Parliaments 195
18. Conclusion: The New Ecclesiastical Regime 213
19. Appendices 225
20. Bibliography 232
21. Index 251