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Wee Free
Wee Free a member of the minority group nicknamed the Wee Free Kirk which stood apart from the Free Church of Scotland when the majority amalgamated with the United Presbyterian Church to form the United Free Church in 1900. The group continued to call itself the Free Church of Scotland after this... Read more |
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United Presbyterian Church
United Presbyterian Church two denominations of Presbyterianism . 1 In Scotland, the United Presbyterian Church was formed by the union (1847) of the United Secession Church with the majority of the congregations of the Relief Church. In 1900 the United Presbyterian Church and the Free Church of... Read more |
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United Reformed Church
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Free Church of Scotland
Free Church of Scotland the secessionist Presbyterian church established as a result of the great disruption of 1843 in the Church of Scotland. The cause of the separation lay in the demand of the laity for a voice in matters of patronage. Previously abolished, patronage had been restored in 1712;... Read more |
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Henry Wallace
Henry Wallace 1836-1916, American agricultural leader, b. West Newton, Pa., grad. Jefferson (later Washington and Jefferson) College, 1859. He studied (1861-63) theology and went (1863) to Iowa as a home missionary of the United Presbyterian Church. He later turned to farming, pioneering in several... Read more |
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Consultation on Church Union
CONSULTATION ON CHURCH UNION Merger Proposal On 4 December 1960, on the eve of the triennial convention of the National Council of Churches of Christ in America, Eugene Carson Blake, the stated clerk (chief executive officer) of the United Presbyterian Church (Northern), gave... Read more |
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Princeton University
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRINCETON UNIVERSITY. Founded in 1746 by religious reformers, Princeton University is one of the oldest and most prestigious universities in the United States. The fourth oldest school in the nation, Princeton's founders decided to establish the school after Harvard and Yale... Read more |
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Evangelical and Reformed Church
Evangelical and Reformed Church Protestant denomination formed by the merger (1934) of the Reformed Church in the United States and the Evangelical Synod of North America. Both of these bodies had originated in the Reformation in Europe. Their churches in America were established by immigrants from... Read more |
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SI units
SI units Systéme International d'Unités: the international system of units now recommended for all scientific purposes. A coherent and rationalized system of units derived from the m.k.s. units (a metric system based on the metre, kilogram, and second), SI units have now replaced c.g.s.... Read more |
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