Cameronian movement

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The Cameronian movement was a radical 17th-century Scottish Presbyterian faction that upheld strict Covenanter principles, rejecting state interference in the church and often facing severe persecution for its stance.

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Cameronian movement canonical 1
Covenanter movement 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Covenanter faction
Presbyterian movement
characterizedBy armed self‑defence at worship meetings
field conventicles
refusal to take oaths acknowledging royal ecclesiastical supremacy
country Scotland
doctrine Christ alone is head of the Church
binding obligation of the Covenants
exclusive Presbyterian church government
faced severe persecution
foundedBy Richard Cameron
hasNotableDocument Queensferry Paper
Sanquhar Declaration
hasNotableMember Alexander Peden
Donald Cargill
Richard Cameron
hasPart Cameronians
historicalContext Glorious Revolution era
Restoration Scotland
linked to: Restoration
historicalPeriod The Killing Times
linked to: Killing Times
ideology Covenanter principles
radical Presbyterianism
influenced Reformed Presbyterian Church of Ireland
Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America
Reformed Presbyterian Church of Scotland
language Scots
Scottish English
legacy formation of the Cameronian regiment (26th Regiment of Foot)
namedAfter Richard Cameron
opposedTo Erastianism
Restoration episcopacy in Scotland
Royal Supremacy over the Church
state interference in the church
persecutedBy Scottish Privy Council
Stuart monarchy
linked to: Stuart period

government dragoons
positionOnMonarchy rejected the authority of Charles II as unlawful
rejected the authority of James VII and II as unlawful
relatedTo United Societies
religion Presbyterianism
linked to: Presbyterian
religiousTradition Reformed Christianity
significantEvent Battle of Airds Moss
Battle of Bothwell Bridge
Killing Time
startTime 1679
supported National Covenant of 1638
linked to: National Covenant

Solemn League and Covenant

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Scottish Covenanters influenced Cameronian movement
Scottish Reformation influenced Covenanter movement
linked to: Cameronian movement