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Greyfriars Church, Aberdeen
Greyfriars Church is a Category A Listed building in Aberdeen, Scotland. It was designed by the architect Alexander Marshall Mackenzie and built in 1903. It is situated on Broad Street and forms the south-east corner of Marischal College, also designed by Mackenzie. History A priory was built in the area in 1469. Around 1525 Bishop Dunbar started a new church. This was completed and occupied in 1532 in Pre-Reformation days by Franciscan monks. It was retained for Protestant worship after the Reformation, but the monastery element was demolished to create Marischal College (attaching the church) in 1593. In 1605, 1616 and 1640 the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland was held here (rather than its usual venue in Edinburgh).Fasti Ecclesiastae Scoticana vol.5 by Hew Scott In 1749 the church was redesignated as a chapel-of-ease to the Kirk of St Nicholas, a status which continued until 1828. Notable Ministers Due to the physical connection between buildings, many ministers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greyfriars (John Knox) Kirk, Broad Street, Aberdeen
Greyfriars, Grayfriars or Gray Friars is a term for Franciscan Order of Friars Minor, in particular, the Conventual Franciscans. The term often refers to buildings or districts formerly associated with the order. Former Friaries * Greyfriars, Bedford * Greyfriars, Beverley, Yorkshire, England * Greyfriars, Bristol * Greyfriars, Canterbury, earliest English Franciscan friary * Greyfriars, Coventry * Greyfriars, Dorchester * Greyfriars, Dunwich, dissolved in 1538 some ruins remain as a Scheduled Ancient Monument * Greyfriars, Gloucester, the ruins of a monastery, also a street named after the same * Greyfriars, Ipswich, founded before 1236, virtually nothing remains * Greyfriars, King's Lynn, the tower survives and is a prominent local landmark * Greyfriars, Lincoln, former Franciscan friary; only the infirmary now survives * Greyfriars, Leicester, original burial place of Richard III of England * Greyfriars, London * GreyFriars, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, founded 1327, dissolved 15 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Barron (minister)
Robert Barron (1596–1639) was a Scottish academic who was elected Bishop of Orkney in the Church of Scotland but died before his consecration. He was the first Professor of Divinity at Marischal College. Life Barron was born in Kinnaird, a younger son of John Barron of Kinnaird. He was educated at the University of St Andrews graduating MA in 1613 and being elected a regent in Old College.Fasti Ecclesiastae Scoticana vol.7 by Hew Scott In 1619, Barron was ordained as a Church of Scotland minister in the parish of Keith. In 1624 he translated to Greyfriars Church, Aberdeen and in December 1625 took on the additional role as Professor of Divinity at Marischal College. He was created a Doctor of Divinity by King's College, Aberdeen in 1627. In 1638, Barron vocally opposed the National Covenant. This was, in part, caused by his hope to achieve the post of Bishop of Orkney which at that time lay vacant, and for which King Charles I had given Barron support. He never returned to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Listed Churches In Scotland
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Churches In Aberdeen
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Category A Listed Buildings In Aberdeen
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Daniel Dewar
Daniel Dewar (1788–1867) was a Church of Scotland minister who served as principal of Marischal College in Aberdeen from 1832 to 1860. He was a major contributor to the first Gaelic dictionary. He was father-in-law to James Clerk Maxwell. Life Dewar was born in Glen Dochart in 1788. He was educated at the University of Glasgow and Homerton Independent Academy in Hackney, London Hackney is a district in East London, England, forming around two-thirds of the area of the modern London Borough of Hackney, to which it gives its name. It is 4 miles (6.4 km) northeast of Charing Cross and includes part of the Queen E .... He concluded his studies at the University of Edinburgh graduating with an MA in 1815.''Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae''; vol. 7; by Hew Scott In November 1812 he was licensed to preach as a Church of Scotland minister by the Presbytery of Mull. In September 1813 he was ordained as missionary to Strontian. In July 1814 he was given the post as min ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Laurence Brown
William Laurence Brown (7 January 175511 May 1830) was a Scottish minister. Life Brown was born in Utrecht in the Netherlands. His father, William Brown, was minister of the English church there, but was then appointed professor of ecclesiastical history at St Andrews, and therefore returned to Scotland in 1757. Brown went to the grammar school there, and then to the university, graduating MA in 1772. After passing through the divinity classes, in 1774 he went to the University of Utrecht, where he studied theology and civil law. He was licensed to preach by the Presbytery of St Andrews in October 1777 and he was appointed minister the Scots Church in Utrecht in place of his uncle Robert Brown in January 1778. The University awarded him a Doctor of Divinity in 1784. In 1788 he was appointed Professor of Moral Philosophy and Law of Nations (International Law) at the University of Utrecht. To this was added the professorship of the law of nature. He was made Rector of the Univers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Campbell (minister)
George Campbell FRSE (25 December 1719 – 6 April 1796) was a Scottish Enlightenment philosopher, minister, and professor of divinity. Campbell was primarily interested in rhetoric, since he believed that its study would enable his students to become better preachers. He became a philosopher of rhetoric because he took it that the philosophical changes of the Age of Enlightenment would have implications for rhetoric. Life, times, and influences Campbell was born on 25 December 1719 in Aberdeen. At the age of fifteen, Campbell attended Marischal College where he studied logic, metaphysics, pneumatology (philosophy of mind and/or spirit), ethics, and natural philosophy. After graduating with his M.A. in 1738, Campbell decided to study law and served as an apprentice to a writer to the Signet in Edinburgh. He began gravitating towards theology after attending lectures at the University of Edinburgh. After serving out his term as an apprentice, he returned to Aberdeen and enroll ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Pollock (principal)
Robert Pollock (1709–1759) was a Church of Scotland minister who served as principal of Marischal College in Aberdeen from 1757 to 1759. Life He was born on 4 December 1707 in Edinburgh. He was educated at the University of Edinburgh graduating with an MA in May 1725. He trained as a Church of Scotland minister he was licensed by the Presbytery of Edinburgh in November 1732 but took several years to find a patron. He was ordained as minister of Duddingston Kirk just south of Edinburgh, in March 1744.''Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae''; vol. 1, by Hew Scott In July 1745 he translated to Greyfriars Church, Aberdeen.''Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae''; vol. 7; by Hew Scott In August of the same year he took on the additional role of Professor of Divinity at Marischal College. In May 1740 he took on the additional role as Almoner to the King (George II). In 1753 he was awarded a Doctor of Divinity. In April 1757 he succeeded Rev Dr Thomas Blackwell as Principal of Marishal College. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Blackwell (principal)
Thomas Blackwell (1660–1728) was a Church of Scotland minister who was principal of Marischal College in Aberdeen from 1717 to 1728. Life He was born in 1660 the son of Thomas Blackwell calenderer in Glasgow and his wife, Janet Knox. He was educated at Glasgow University training as a minister. He was licensed to preach as a Church of Scotland minister by the Presbytery of Glasgow in February 1693. He was ordained at Paisley Abbey in August 1694. In November 1700 he translated to "second charge" of the Kirk of St Nicholas in Aberdeen. In May 1711 he moved to first charge of Greyfriars Church, Aberdeen. He was awarded a Doctor of Divinity (DD) and adopted a second role as Professor of Divinity at Marischal College in the same year. From 1714 to 1728 he was Patron of the Seven Incorporated Trades of Aberdeen. In 1717 he succeeded Robert Paterson as principal of Marischal College. A senior figure in the Church of Scotland, he travelled to London with William Car ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kirk Of St Nicholas
The Kirk of St Nicholas is a historic church located in the city centre of Aberdeen, Scotland. Up until the dissolution of the congregation on 31 December 2020, it was known as the ''"Kirk of St Nicholas Uniting"''. It is also known as ''"The Mither Kirk"'' (mother church) of the city. As of 1 January 2021, the building falls under the care and maintenance of the General Trustees of the Church of Scotland. The church has a dark oak interior. History The earliest mention of a church on the site of the present Kirk can be found in a Papal document of 1151. Given Aberdeen's proximity to the sea, St Nicholas was chosen as the patron saint of Aberdeen, as a miracle attributed to him was the rescue of some sailors in a storm. The Kirk was enlarged in the 15th century. St Nicholas and St Mary's, Dundee, were probably the largest parish churches in medieval Scotland. This work was dedicated by Bishop Elphinstone in 1498. The 500th anniversary of the dedication of the enlarged churc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Listed Building
In the United Kingdom, a listed building or listed structure is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, in Wales, and the Northern Ireland Environment Agency in Northern Ireland. The term has also been used in the Republic of Ireland, where buildings are protected under the Planning and Development Act 2000. The statutory term in Ireland is "protected structure". A listed building may not be demolished, extended, or altered without special permission from the local planning authority, which typically consults the relevant central government agency, particularly for significant alterations to the more notable listed buildings. In England and Wales, a national amenity society must be notified of any work to a listed building which involves any element of demolition. Exemption from secular listed building control is provided for some buildings in current use for worsh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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