Disruption of 1843

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The Disruption of 1843 was a major schism within the Church of Scotland in which a large group of ministers and congregations broke away over issues of state interference in church affairs, leading to the creation of the Free Church of Scotland.

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Disruption of 1843 canonical 5
The Disruption of 1843 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf church schism ⓘ
event in Scottish religious history ⓘ
alsoKnownAs The Disruption ⓘ
associatedOrganization Evangelical party in the Church of Scotland ⓘ
Moderate party in the Church of Scotland ⓘ
chronology took place during the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in May 1843 ⓘ
commemoratedBy paintings such as David Octavius Hill’s Disruption painting ⓘ
country Scotland ⓘ
field Scottish history ⓘ
church history ⓘ
religious studies ⓘ
followedBy establishment of Free Church schools ⓘ
rapid church building by the Free Church of Scotland ⓘ
reorganization of parish life in many Scottish communities ⓘ
hasCause dispute over the right of congregations to choose ministers ⓘ
patronage in the Church of Scotland ⓘ
state interference in church affairs ⓘ
hasEffect creation of the Free Church of Scotland ⓘ
division of congregations within the Church of Scotland ⓘ
mass resignation of ministers from the Church of Scotland ⓘ
keyFigure James Begg ⓘ
Robert Smith Candlish ⓘ
Thomas Chalmers ⓘ
William Cunningham ⓘ
legalContext appeals to the House of Lords ⓘ
decisions of the Court of Session ⓘ
location Edinburgh ⓘ
mainSubject Church of Scotland ⓘ
numberOfMembersLeaving about one third of the Church of Scotland membership ⓘ
numberOfMinistersLeaving about 450 ⓘ
partOf 19th-century Scottish religious revival and conflict ⓘ
precededBy Auchterarder case ⓘ
Marnoch case ⓘ
Veto Act controversy ⓘ
religion Presbyterianism ⓘ
resultedIn creation of new Free Church congregations across Scotland ⓘ
formation of the Free Church of Scotland in 1843 ⓘ
loss of church buildings by ministers who left the establishment ⓘ
significance reshaped Scottish Presbyterianism ⓘ
strengthened voluntary principle in Scottish churches ⓘ
weakened the established Church of Scotland ⓘ
significantEvent signing of the Deed of Demission ⓘ
startTime 1843 ⓘ
underlyingIssue civil courts overruling church courts ⓘ
relationship between church and state ⓘ
spiritual independence of the church ⓘ

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

Free Church of Scotland → foundingEvent → Disruption of 1843 ⓘ
The Disruption → hasName → The Disruption of 1843 ⓘ
linked to: Disruption of 1843
Thomas Chalmers → playedLeadingRoleIn → Disruption of 1843 ⓘ
Veto Act controversy → hasEffect → Disruption of 1843 ⓘ
Auchterarder case → isPivotalFor → Disruption of 1843 ⓘ