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Covenanters
covenantal nomism
covenantal nomism A term coined for the OT belief that God has chosen Israel and given the
Law. God will be faithful to his promise but the nation is required to obey him. The Law provides the means for
atonement which maintains the covenantal relationship.
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MILLENNIUM LIFE; March of the Covenanters.(Features)
Newspaper article from: Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland); 6/19/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...Edinburgh, a force of 900 Covenanters was defeated by Dalyell...This repression turned the Covenanters into martyrs. In 1679...troops were defeated by a Covenanter force at Drumclog on the...could and would be shot. The Covenanters held fast. The 1680s became...
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Congregation is gone, but time hasn't changed at Covenanter Church in Vernon
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 10/13/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...vote in public elections. Covenanter John Baird was suspended...particularly open. "The covenanters were not out to evangelize...church if you were a Scot or a covenanter." Vernon was settled by...Watson said. But the covenanters, "they never changed...
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Chignecto covenanters: a regional history of Reformed Presbyterians in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia.
Magazine article from: Presbyterian Record; 7/1/1997; 700+ words
; The Chignecto Covenanters: A Regional History...Presbyterians, also known as Covenanters, to unite with The...Hay concludes that the Covenanter movement failed because...the spirit of the Covenanters needs to be remembered...
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SCOTLAND'S SCARIEST PLACE; The Covenanters' Prison is one of the 10 most spooky sites in the world and even the birds steer well clear of it these days.(Features)
Newspaper article from: Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland); 2/24/2001; 700+ words
; ...world and asked Colin to show them the Covenanters' Prison at Greyfriars. Last year he...in the top left hand corner, at the Covenanters' Prison, the atmosphere is so eerie...died are said to lie trapped at the Covenanters' Prison. The site is visited by dozens...
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Scotland's Covenanter martyrs who shaped faith of firebrand Ian Paisley
Newspaper article from: The Scotsman; 9/29/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...stakes. The widow and the teenager were Covenanter sympathisers, a cause Northern Ireland...he empathised with the cause of the Covenanters, describing Protestantism as a "martyred...earthy ruler in the Church of God. "The Covenanters chose death rather than life when impaled...
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Man not a covenanter, say museum experts
Newspaper article from: The Scotsman; 9/27/2000; 401 words
; ...Cambusnethan bog man was a 17th century Covenanter have been refuted by scientific tests...scene of many skirmishes between the Covenanters and their persecutors, examination...eighteenth or nineteenth century, after the Covenanters' heyday. He may simply have been a...
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GRIM END FOR A COVENANTER MADE OF STEEL STORY 7: DAVID STEEL
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Herald; 1/16/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...democracy. The Steel who was murdered was a Covenanter and as such "stood for the rule of...tyranny" ( James Barr, The Scottish Covenanters). When Charles II came to the throne...battle of Bothwell Brig in 1679, the Covenanters, with David Steel among them, were...
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Covenanters online.(Letter to the editor)
Magazine article from: Presbyterian Record; 1/1/2009; ; 416 words
; ...our knees while others do? Do they know of the Scottish Covenanters who signed that parchment in thier own blood and why they...ask the children to look on the internet for say "Scottish Covenanters" and get their parents to help them. On the following Sunday...
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Banner headline for Covenanters
Newspaper article from: The Scotsman; 2/19/2002; ; 559 words
; ...hanging on a library wall. It was thought the 323-year-old Covenanters' flag would have to be removed permanently from public display...of Bothwell Bridge. On 22 June, 1679, more than 6,000 Covenanters gathered a mile outside Hamilton, Lanarkshire, to defend...
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 "Press and Journal, The Aberdeen (UK)")
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Castle plays host to covenanters
Newspaper article from: Press and Journal, The Aberdeen (UK); 5/21/2007; 417 words
; ...Scottish history - the English Civil War. Visitors looked on as Covenanters recruited and trained troops to battle the English and defend...the castle, north of Brechin, to re-enact the Scottish Covenanters' preparations on the eve of their efforts to keep lands...
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Covenanters
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Covenanters , in Scottish history, groups of Presbyterians...English Book of Common Prayer. The Covenanters successfully resisted the king's armies...restored to the throne. As a result, the Covenanters fought for Charles I in the second civil...
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Covenanter
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History
Covenanter Originally a Scot who opposed the ecclesiastical...Scotland and all sections of society, Covenanters subscribed to the National Covenant...episcopacy was re-established, and Covenanters were badly treated. In 1690, the Presbyterian...
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covenanters
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History
covenanters As supporters of the Scottish National Covenant (1638) they sought to preserve presbyterianism in Scotland. After defeating...
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Presbyterianism
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
...after the eighteenth century. Two, the Covenanters and the Seceders, reflect particular...United States of America (PCUSA). Covenanters and Seceders If Old World norms imposed...ideal of the oldest of these groups, Covenanters, was to preserve the autonomy of the...
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Reformed Presbyterians
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to Irish History
Reformed Presbyterians ( Covenanters ). Like the Seceders these were...18th century. They are called Covenanters because of their adherence to the...of the Scottish church led the Covenanters to secede, constituting themselves...
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