Lion of the Covenant

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Lion of the Covenant was the nickname of Richard Cameron, a prominent 17th-century Scottish Covenanter preacher and martyr famed for his fearless opposition to royal religious policies.

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Lion of the Covenant canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf nickname ⓘ
appliedToCentury 17th century ⓘ
appliedToCountry Scotland ⓘ
appliedToNotableFor fearless opposition to royal religious policies ⓘ
appliedToOccupation Scottish Covenanter preacher ⓘ
associatedWithCauseOfDeath martyrdom ⓘ
associatedWithDocument Scottish National Covenant ⓘ
linked to: National Covenant

Solemn League and Covenant ⓘ
associatedWithEvent Covenanter resistance to royal religious policies ⓘ
associatedWithOppositionTo imposition of episcopacy in Scotland ⓘ
royal interference in Presbyterian church governance ⓘ
associatedWithRole field preacher ⓘ
commemoratedAs Covenanter martyr ⓘ
commemoratedIn Scottish Presbyterian tradition ⓘ
hasAssociatedDenomination Presbyterian ⓘ
hasAssociatedReligion Protestantism ⓘ
hasHistoricalContext Restoration era religious conflicts ⓘ
Stuart monarchy in Scotland ⓘ
hasLanguageOfOrigin English ⓘ
hasReligiousContext Presbyterianism ⓘ
linked to: Presbyterian

Scottish Covenanter movement ⓘ
linked to: Covenanter movement
hasReputationFor courage ⓘ
outspoken preaching against royal policies ⓘ
steadfastness in faith ⓘ
hasSymbolicMeaning courageous defender of the Covenant ⓘ
fearless religious reformer ⓘ
refersTo Richard Cameron ⓘ
usedInGenre church history ⓘ
martyrology ⓘ
religious biography ⓘ

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Richard Cameron → hasNickname → Lion of the Covenant ⓘ