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John Glas

Scottish minister
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Glas also spelled:
Glass
Born:
Sept. 21, 1695, Auchtermuchty, Fife, Scot.
Died:
Nov. 2, 1773, Perth (aged 78)
Founder:
Sandemanians
Subjects Of Study:
Sandemanians
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John Glas (born Sept. 21, 1695, Auchtermuchty, Fife, Scot.—died Nov. 2, 1773, Perth) was a Scottish Presbyterian clergyman denounced by his church for opposing the concept of a national religious establishment. He was the founder of the Glasites (Sandemanians, q.v.). Glas became minister of Tealing Church, Dundee, Angus, in 1719. Some of his parishioners led him to question the scriptural basis for the national Presbyterian Church to which he had been loyal, and he soon concluded that the New Testament provided no evidence to support foundation of such a church. He viewed the kingdom of Christ as an essentially spiritual ...(100 of 272 words)

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