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.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Cameronian movement canonical 4
Covenanter movement 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Scottish Covenanters → influenced → Cameronian movement ⓘ
Scottish Reformation → influenced → Covenanter movement ⓘ
linked to: Cameronian movement
Alexander Peden → movement → Cameronian movement ⓘ
Sanquhar Declaration → movement → Cameronian movement ⓘ
Queensferry Paper → movement → Cameronian movement ⓘ