Torwood Excommunication of 1680

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The Torwood Excommunication of 1680 was a radical Covenanter act in which minister Donald Cargill publicly excommunicated King Charles II and several leading officials for persecuting Scottish Presbyterians.

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Torwood Excommunication of 1680 canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Covenanter event ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
religious excommunication ⓘ
declaredPenalty excommunication ⓘ
spiritual separation from the church ⓘ
directedAgainst Charles II of England ⓘ
Charles II of Scotland ⓘ
James, Duke of Monmouth ⓘ
James, Duke of York ⓘ
linked to: Duke of York

John, Duke of Lauderdale ⓘ
Sir George Mackenzie of Rosehaugh ⓘ
Sir Robert Grierson of Lag ⓘ
Sir Thomas Dalziel of Binns ⓘ
hasCentury 17th century ⓘ
hasCharacterization radical Covenanter act ⓘ
hasConsequence heightened tension between Covenanters and the Crown ⓘ
increased government hostility to radical Covenanters ⓘ
hasCountry Scotland ⓘ
hasDate 1680 ⓘ
hasDoctrinalClaim Christ alone is head of the Church ⓘ
hasForm formal ecclesiastical censure ⓘ
public proclamation ⓘ
hasHistoricalContext Covenanter persecution ⓘ
Killing Times in Scotland ⓘ
hasLanguage English ⓘ
Scots ⓘ
hasLegacy important episode in Scottish church history ⓘ
symbol of uncompromising Presbyterian resistance ⓘ
hasLocation Torwood ⓘ
hasMainActor Donald Cargill ⓘ
hasOpposedAuthority Stuart royal authority ⓘ
hasOpposedDoctrine Erastianism ⓘ
royal supremacy in ecclesiastical matters ⓘ
hasOpposedPolicy Restoration religious settlement ⓘ
hasPoliticalContext Stuart monarchy ⓘ
linked to: Stuart period
hasReligiousContext Scottish Presbyterianism ⓘ
hasReligiousMovement Covenanters ⓘ
linked to: Covenanter movement
hasSubject church discipline ⓘ
religious liberty ⓘ
royal legitimacy ⓘ
hasTheologicalBasis Reformed Presbyterian doctrine ⓘ
isPartOf Covenanter resistance to Charles II ⓘ
isRelatedEvent Sanquhar Declaration ⓘ
motivatedBy opposition to royal supremacy over the church ⓘ
persecution of Scottish Presbyterians ⓘ
performedBy Donald Cargill ⓘ
recordedIn Covenanter histories ⓘ

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Donald Cargill → significantEvent → Torwood Excommunication of 1680 ⓘ