John Ballantyne (1778–1830) was a Scottish minister of religion.

Life

Ballantyne was born in the parish of

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8 May 1778; entered the

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in 1795, and joined the Burgher branch of the

Secession Church The First Secession was an exodus of ministers and members from the Church of Scotland in 1733. Those who took part formed the Associate Presbytery and later the United Secession Church. They were often referred to as seceders. The underlying ...

, though his parents belonged to the establishment. He was ordained minister of a congregation at Stonehaven, Kincardineshire, in 1805. He died 5 November 1830.

Works

In 1824 he published ''A Comparison of Established and Dissenting Churches, by a Dissenter''; in 1830 this pamphlet was republished with additions during the ' voluntary church' controversy of the period. Ballantyne was a partisanship in the controversy. His ''Examination of the Human Mind'' (first part) appeared in 1828; two further parts were intended, but never appeared. It is the work of a follower of

Thomas Reid Thomas Reid (; 7 May ( O.S. 26 April) 1710 – 7 October 1796) was a religiously trained Scottish philosopher. He was the founder of the Scottish School of Common Sense and played an integral role in the Scottish Enlightenment. In 1783 he wa ...

and Dugald Stewart, with some criticism of Thomas Brown.

References

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