Queensferry Paper

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Queensferry Paper is a 17th-century Scottish Covenanter manifesto associated with the Cameronian movement, outlining radical Presbyterian principles and opposition to royal interference in the church.

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Queensferry Paper canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 17th-century document ⓘ
Covenanter manifesto ⓘ
religious manifesto ⓘ
associatedWith Cameronians ⓘ
Richard Cameron ⓘ
Scottish Covenanters ⓘ
circulation manuscript ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Scotland ⓘ
doctrine Presbyterian church government ⓘ
covenant theology ⓘ
fieldOfWork Reformed theology ⓘ
Scottish church history ⓘ
genre politico-religious tract ⓘ
historicalContext persecution of Covenanters under the Stuart monarchy ⓘ
the Killing Times in Scotland ⓘ
linked to: Pentland Rising
ideology Covenanter radicalism ⓘ
radical Presbyterianism ⓘ
influencedBy National Covenant of 1638 ⓘ
linked to: National Covenant

Solemn League and Covenant ⓘ
language English ⓘ
Scots ⓘ
mainSubject opposition to royal interference in the church ⓘ
radical Presbyterian principles ⓘ
movement Cameronian movement ⓘ
opposedTo Episcopalian church governance in Scotland ⓘ
royal supremacy in religion ⓘ
state control of the church ⓘ
positionHeld rejection of Erastianism ⓘ
rejection of royal supremacy in ecclesiastical affairs ⓘ
support for Christ’s headship over the church ⓘ
support for strict Covenanter principles ⓘ
purpose to articulate Cameronian principles ⓘ
to justify resistance to royal religious policy ⓘ
region Queensferry, Scotland ⓘ
linked to: Queensferry
religiousTradition Presbyterianism ⓘ
linked to: Presbyterian

Scottish Covenanter tradition ⓘ
significance important source for understanding radical Covenanter ideology ⓘ
key statement of early Cameronian views ⓘ
theologicalEmphasis Christ’s exclusive kingship over the church ⓘ
binding obligation of the covenants on Scotland ⓘ
timePeriod late 17th century ⓘ

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Cameronian movement → hasNotableDocument → Queensferry Paper ⓘ
Donald Cargill → authorOf → Queensferry Paper ⓘ
Sanquhar Declaration → followedBy → Queensferry Paper ⓘ
United Societies → usedDocument → Queensferry Paper ⓘ