John Erskine (Scottish theologian)

John Erskine 1721?-1803, Scottish theologian. A leader of the evangelical party in the Church of Scotland, he was minister successively at Kirkintilloch, Culross, and New Greyfriars Church, Edinburgh, until, in 1767, he became the colleague of Dr. William Robertson at Old Greyfriars. He corresponded with many representatives of foreign churches, including Jonathan Edwards, whose works he edited and published in Great Britain.

Tulloch, John (1823–86), Scottish theologian. From c.1875 he was the most prominent member of the Church of Scotland and in 1878 he was elected Moderator. He tried to awaken a spirit of liberal orthodoxy and to defend the Church's comprehensiveness in doctrine.

Baillie, John (1886–1960), Scottish theologian. From 1934 to 1956 he was Professor of Divinity at Edinburgh and latterly also Principal of New College. His numerous publications were marked by loyalty to the substance of the Christian faith, despite unease at some of its traditional formulations, and avoidance of philosophical and theological extremes. They include And the Life Everlasting (1934), A Diary of Private Prayer (1936), and The Sense of the Presence of God (1962).

His brother, Donald Macpherson Baillie (1887–1954), won international acclaim for his God was in Christ (1948).