Veto Act controversy

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The Veto Act controversy was a major early 19th-century dispute within the Church of Scotland over state interference in the appointment of ministers, which helped trigger the events leading to the Disruption of 1843.

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Veto Act 1
Veto Act controversy canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf church–state conflict ⓘ
controversy in the Church of Scotland ⓘ
ecclesiastical controversy ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
chronologicalRelation immediately precedes the Disruption of 1843 ⓘ
conflictWith civil courts of Scotland ⓘ
parliamentary control over church affairs ⓘ
country Scotland ⓘ
describedIn histories of the Church of Scotland ⓘ
studies of church–state relations in Britain ⓘ
fieldOfStudy British constitutional history ⓘ
Scottish church history ⓘ
history of Presbyterianism ⓘ
followedBy secession of ministers and congregations in 1843 ⓘ
hasCause patronage system in the Church of Scotland ⓘ
state interference in the appointment of ministers ⓘ
hasEffect Disruption of 1843 ⓘ
formation of the Free Church of Scotland ⓘ
hasKeyConcept non‑intrusion principle ⓘ
right of congregations to reject a patron’s nominee ⓘ
spiritual independence of the church ⓘ
hasTopic appointment of parish ministers ⓘ
limits of civil authority over the church ⓘ
patronage rights of landowners ⓘ
historicalRegion Lowlands of Scotland ⓘ
language English ⓘ
Scots ⓘ
legalCase Auchterarder case ⓘ
Lethendy case ⓘ
Marnoch case ⓘ
locatedIn United Kingdom ⓘ
mainSubject Veto Act ⓘ
opposedBy Evangelical party in the Church of Scotland ⓘ
opposedPrinciple absolute patronage in ministerial appointments ⓘ
partOf Disruption controversy in the Church of Scotland ⓘ
precededBy long‑standing disputes over patronage in the Church of Scotland ⓘ
religiousDenomination Church of Scotland ⓘ
religiousMovement Evangelicalism in the Church of Scotland ⓘ
significantPerson Evangelical leaders of the Church of Scotland ⓘ
Robert Smith Candlish ⓘ
Thomas Chalmers ⓘ
significantYear 1834 ⓘ
1843 ⓘ
startTime 1830s ⓘ
supportedBy Moderate party in the Church of Scotland ⓘ
timePeriod early 19th century ⓘ

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Disruption of 1843 → precededBy → Veto Act controversy ⓘ
Veto Act controversy → mainSubject → Veto Act ⓘ
linked to: Veto Act controversy