Gilmour, Col Sir John (Edward), (24 Oct. 1912–1 June 2007), JP; Lord-Lieutenant of Fife, 1980–87 (Vice Lord-Lieutenant, 1979–80); Lord High Commissioner, General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, 1982 and 1983

2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 79-83
Author(s):  
Jason Lingiah

The General Assembly met in Edinburgh from 19 to 25 May, with the Rt Revd Colin Sinclair BA BD, minister of Palmerston Place in the Presbytery of Edinburgh, installed as Moderator. Last year's Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly, Richard Scott, the Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry, was reappointed by HM The Queen.


2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-70
Author(s):  
Jason Lingiah

The General Assembly met in Edinburgh from 20 to 26 May with the Rt Revd Dr Derek Browning, Minister of Morningside in the Presbytery of Edinburgh, installed as Moderator. This year's Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly was the Princess Royal.


2015 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 87-89
Author(s):  
Jason Lingiah

The General Assembly met in Edinburgh from 16 to 22 May, with the Rt Revd Dr Angus Morrison, Minister of the United Parish of Orwell and Portmoak in the Presbytery of Perth, installed as Moderator. Dr Morrison was to be Moderator at the 2014 Assembly; however, he stood down early due to health reason and was re-elected and installed this year. This year's Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly was Lord Hope of Craighead KT PC, who has served successively as Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General in Scotland, then as a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary and finally as Deputy President of the Supreme Court.


2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 79-82
Author(s):  
Jason Lingiah

The General Assembly met in Edinburgh from 19 to 25 May, with the Rt Revd Susan Brown BD DipMin, Chaplain in Ordinary and Minister of Dornoch in the Presbytery of Sutherland, installed as Moderator. Her appointment as Moderator fell on the fiftieth anniversary of Act XXV 1968 permitting the ordination of women to the Ministry of Word and Sacrament. This year's Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly was the Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry.


2016 ◽  
Vol 19 (01) ◽  
pp. 70-73
Author(s):  
Jason Lingiah

The General Assembly met in Edinburgh from 21 to 27 May with the Rt Revd Dr G Russell Barr BA BD MTh DMin, Minister of Cramond in the Presbytery of Edinburgh, installed as Moderator. This year's Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly was again Lord Hope of Craighead KT PC. Lord Hope served as Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General and was subsequently Deputy President of the Supreme Court. The most significant piece of business relating to the interface between church and civil law again related to same-sex relationships, as outlined below.


Author(s):  
Whitney G. Gamble

In 1643, England’s Long Parliament called theologians from every county of England and Wales to Westminster Abbey to revise the Thirty-Nine Articles, the foundational documents of the Church of England. As the divines commenced their revisions, they encountered a theological movement which they believed represented the greatest threat to the cause of Reformation. Somewhat surprisingly, it was not Roman Catholicism or even Arminianism; it was antinomianism, a new and powerfully growing sect. Concern to combat antinomian tenets drove the assembly into complex theological debates for the first six weeks of its meetings. Parliament’s signing of the Solemn League and Covenant, however, brought an end to the assembly’s revisions. The Covenant instigated the writing of a statement of faith that would function as the confession for a theologically united Church of England, Scotland, and Wales. To supervise the execution of this plan, the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland sent commissioners to the assembly to serve as consultative members. Although written in London primarily by English theologians, the Westminster Confession of Faith would be repudiated by Restoration officials. Its true impact came through its acceptance and implementation by the Church of Scotland.


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