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John Willison (inventor)
John Willison (1680 – 3 May 1750) was an evangelical minister of the Church of Scotland and a writer of Christianity, Christian literature. Life His father was laird of a small property near Stirling, where John Willison was born. He was inducted to the parish of Brechin as minister in 1703. In 1718 he moved to a charge in Dundee. His treatise on the sanctification of the Sabbath in Christianity, Lord's day was in response to the policies of James I of England, James VI and the Scottish Episcopal Church, Episcopal clergy. It provoked a reply from James Small, an Episcopalian, which was answered by Willison in his ''Letter from a Parochial Bishop to a Prelatical Gentleman''. After this, he wrote a devotional work: ''A Sacramental Directory''. Small replied to his earlier ''Letter'', upon which Willison published ''An Apology for the Church of Scotland''. He then moved on to political topics with ''A Letter to an English Member of Parliament''. After the ejection of Ebenezer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
