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Saturday, December 14, 2024
Now Serving: 106,488 Minutes of Biblical, Reformed Teaching
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A Tale of Two Kingdoms
A History of the Church of Scotland from the Reformation to the Glorious Revolution
Dr. Jeff Spitler
Sir, as diverse times before, so now again I must tell you there are two kings and two kingdoms in Scotland;
there is Christ Jesus and His Kingdom the Kirk, whose subject King James the Sixth is, and of whose Kingdom
he is not a king, nor a head, nor a lord, but a member; and they whom Christ has called, and commanded to
watch over His kirk and govern His spiritual kingdom, have sufficient power of Him and authority so to do,
both together and severally, the which no Christian King nor prince should control and discharge, but
fortify and assist, otherwise not faithful subjects, not members of Christ.
Andrew Melville to James the Sixth (First) in 1596
This class will attempt to tell the story of two kingdoms in Scotland: Christ's Kingdom, the Church, and that kingdom which also belongs to Christ, but is ruled by the civil magistrate. Man, in his fallen state, is often tempted to assert his autonomy over God. For the civil magistrate, the temptation often takes the form of extending his dominion beyond its proper boundaries.
We will cover the period between the first reformation (mid-1500's) and the Glorious Revolution (1688). During this time, the struggles between the civil magistrates (Mary of Guise, Mary Stuart, and the Stewart Kings) and the Church were particularly intense. Ultimately, the Church's testimony that it would have no King but Christ was sealed with the blood of many martyrs.
Much of the freedom that we enjoy today is a direct or indirect result of this testimony. Of course, the temptation faced by the civil magistrate has not gone away -- it is still with us today in perhaps more subtle, but still very insidious forms.
The objectives of the class are:
- To recount some of God's mighty works in history, and by doing so, to familiarize ourselves with our own denomination's history.
- To challenge our thinking related to history, worship, church polity, church-state relations, etc. We, like all men,
are men of our times. By studying church history, we hope to see things from another perspective and be challenged to return to God's Word, so that, ultimately, we might bring "every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ."
Lectures
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05/19/2002
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Conclusion
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05/12/2002
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The Glorious Revolution
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05/05/2002
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The Killing Times, Part Two
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04/28/2002
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The Killing Times, Part One
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04/14/2002
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Descent into the Abyss
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04/07/2002
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The Light Dims
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03/31/2002
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The Queensferry Paper and Sanquhar Declaration
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03/24/2002
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Bothwell Bridge
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03/17/2002
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Drumclog
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03/10/2002
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Was the Bishop's Death Murder?
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03/03/2002
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Raising the Highlanders
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02/24/2002
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The Second Indulgence
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02/17/2002
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The Aftermath of Rullion Green and The First Indulgence
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02/10/2002
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The Road to Rullion Green
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02/03/2002
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Ejection and Persecution
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01/27/2002
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Restoration of the Church to Episcopacy
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01/20/2002
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A Parliament of Malignants
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01/06/2002
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The Restoration
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12/30/2001
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The End of the Republic
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12/23/2001
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The Protectorate
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12/16/2001
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A Crown for Nine Months
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12/09/2001
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Origins of the Resolutioner-Protester Controversy (1650)
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12/02/2001
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The Engagement and its Fallout
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11/25/2001
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Alexander Henderson, Part Two
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11/18/2001
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Alexander Henderson, Part One
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11/11/2001
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Samuel Rutherford, Part Two
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11/04/2001
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Samuel Rutherford (& David Calderwood), Part One
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10/28/2001
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Review of Part One, Continued
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10/21/2001
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Review of Part One, Continued
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09/30/2001
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09/23/2001
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09/16/2001
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Review of Part One, Continued
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09/09/2001
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Review of Part One, Continued
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09/02/2001
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Review of Part One
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08/20/2000
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The Engagement
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08/13/2000
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Obligations of the Solemn League and Covenant
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08/06/2000
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The Solemn League and Covenant
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07/23/2000
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The English Civil War Begins
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07/16/2000
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The Second Bishops' War, 1640-1641
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07/09/2000
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Interlude: 1639-1640
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07/02/2000
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Glasgow Assembly & First Bishop's War 1638-1639
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06/18/2000
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The National Covenant, 1638
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06/11/2000
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Rioting and Resistance, 1636-1638
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06/04/2000
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Charles I Begins His Reign, 1625-1635
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05/28/2000
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James and the Church, 1621-1625, and a review of James' reign
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05/21/2000
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James and the Church, 1606-1621
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05/14/2000
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James the VI and I, 1600-1606
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05/07/2000
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James and the Church, 1596-1600
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04/30/2000
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James and the Church, 1592-1596
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04/23/2000
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James and the Church, 1587-1592
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04/16/2000
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James' Later Adolescence
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04/02/2000
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James Grows Up, For Better or Worse (Mostly Worse)
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03/26/2000
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The Regency of Morton, Part 3
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03/12/2000
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The Regency of Morton, Part 2
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03/05/2000
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The Regency of Morton
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02/27/2000
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King or Queen?
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02/20/2000
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Moray, the Good Regent
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02/13/2000
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The Two Kingdoms Come to Blows, Part 2
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01/30/2000
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The Two Kingdoms Come to Blows, Part 1
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01/23/2000
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The Two Kingdoms Spar
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01/16/2000
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Shaking Hands with the Devil
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01/09/2000
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Establishment of the Church of Scotland -- 4, The First Book of Discipline
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01/02/2000
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Establishment of the Church of Scotland -- 3, The First Book of Discipline
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12/26/1999
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Establishment of the Church of Scotland -- 2, The Scottish Confession of Faith, 1560
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12/19/1999
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Establishment of the Church of Scotland -- 1, The Scottish Confession of Faith, 1560
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12/12/1999
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Satan, in his members, cruelly doth rage, but he is downthrown
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12/05/1999
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The Dawning of the Reformation in Scotland -- 3
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11/28/1999
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The Dawning of the Reformation in Scotland -- 2
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11/21/1999
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The Dawning of the Reformation in Scotland -- 1
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11/14/1999
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Introduction -- Why study church history?
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Resources
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Books:
De S. Cameron, Nigel M., Editor. Dictionary of Scottish Church History and Theology. Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press
Donaldson, G. Scotland James V to James VII. New York: Frederick A. Praeger. 1966.
Hetherington, William. History of the Church of Scotland. Robert Carter and Brothers: New York. 1881.
Hewison, James King. The Covenanters - A History of the Church in Scotland from the Reformation to the Revolution. Glasgow: John Smith and Son. 1908.
Knox, John. The History of the Reformation of Religion Within the Realm of Scotland. Edinburgh: Banner of Truth Trust. 1982.
Mackie, J.D., A History of Scotland. London: Penguin Books. 1978.
M'Crie, Thomas. Life of John Knox. Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons. 1855.
Scott, Otto. James I: The Fool as King. Vallecito: Ross House Books. 1976. Available from Ross House Books (Chalcedon: www.chalcedon.edu)
Fraser, A. Mary Queen of Scots. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 1969.
Lee, Maurice. James Stewart Earl of Moray. New York: Columbia University Press. 1953.
Ridley, Jasper. John Knox. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 1968.
Documents:
The Scottish Confession of Faith -- 1560 is available on-line at:
http://www.swrb.com/newslett/actualnls/ScotConf.htm
(Presbyterian Heritage Publications Version)
http://www.creeds.net/Scots/scots.htm
(Apparently(?) a PCUSA site.)
The First Book of Discipline us available on-line at:
http://www.swrb.com/newslett/actualnls/BOD_ch00.htm
The Second Book of Discipline (1578)
http://www.swrb.com/newslett/actualnls/BOD_ch04.htm
De Jure Regni Apud Scotos, by George Buchanan
http://www.visi.com/~contra_m/ab/jure/jure.html
http://www.kuyper.org/buchanan/preface.html
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