David Fletcher (bishop)
David Fletcher (c.1607–1665) was a 17th-century senior clergyman in the Church of Scotland. Life He was the second son of Andrew Fletcher a Dundee merchant, related to the Fletchers of Innerpeffer. His brother Sir John Fletcher was Lord Advocate of Scotland from 1661 to 1664. His date of birth is unclear but he graduated MA from St Andrews University in 1625. In 1635 Edinburgh town council elected him as minister in second charge in the Old Kirk, St Giles (then split into four sections, with two ministers per section). He was deposed from this post in January 1639 both for declining the previous Assembly in Glasgow and for reading and defending the Scottish Book of Common Prayer but was allowed to return to his post in August 1639. In 1641 he translated From St Giles to Melrose. In 1662 he was consecrated by Archbishop Andrew Fairfoul at Glasgow Cathedral as Bishop of Argyll. The position as Bishop permitted Fletcher a place in the Scottish Parliament. He died in Mar ...
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Church Of Scotland
The Church of Scotland ( sco, The Kirk o Scotland; gd, Eaglais na h-Alba) is the national church in Scotland. The Church of Scotland was principally shaped by John Knox, in the Scottish Reformation, Reformation of 1560, when it split from the Catholic Church and established itself as a church in the reformed tradition. The church is Calvinist Presbyterian, having no head of faith or leadership group and believing that God invited the church's adherents to worship Jesus. The annual meeting of its general assembly is chaired by the Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. The Church of Scotland celebrates two sacraments, Baptism and the Lord's Supper in Reformed theology, Lord's Supper, as well as five other Rite (Christianity), rites, such as Confirmation and Christian views on marriage, Matrimony. The church adheres to the Bible and the Westminster Confession of Faith, and is a member of the World Communion of Reformed Churches. History Presbyterian tra ...
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Andrew Fairfoul
Andrew Fairfoul (1610–7 November 1663) was the first post-Restoration Archbishop of Glasgow, from 1661 until his death in November 1663. He became Chancellor of the University of Glasgow after his consecration as Archbishop. Life Fairfoul was born in Anstruther the son of John Fairfoul a prominent minister of the Church of Scotland who relocated to Dunfermline in August 1610. He studied at the University of St Andrews. He became chaplain to the Earl of Rothes. He was minister of Leslie before translating to North Leith Parish Church in 1636 (being formally presented by King Charles I in 1641). In 1652 he moved to be minister of Duns.Fasti Ecclesiastae Scoticana by Hew Scott He was nominated for the Archbishopric by King Charles II and consecrated in London on 15 December 1661. On 19 April 1662 Fairfoul made his public entry into Glasgow accompanied by the Earl of Glencairn, the Lord Chancellor of Scotland who was his predecessor as chancellor of the university. ...
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Ministers Of St Giles' Cathedral
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1665 Deaths
Events January–March * January 5 – The ''Journal des sçavans'' begins publication of the first scientific journal in France. * February 15 – Molière's comedy '' Dom Juan ou le Festin de pierre'', based on the Spanish legend of the womanizer Don Juan Tenorio and Tirso de Molina's Spanish play '' El burlador de Sevilla y convidado de piedra'', premieres in Paris at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal''. * February 21 – In India, Shivaji Bhonsale of the Maratha Empire captures the English East India Company's trading post at Sadashivgad (now located in the Indian state of Karnataka). * February – In England, Dr. Richard Lower performs the first blood transfusion between animals. According to his account to the Royal Society journal ''Philosophical Transactions'' in December, Dr. Lower "towards the end of February... selected one dog of medium size, opened its jugular vein, and drew off blood, until its strength was nearly gone. Then, to make ...
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